Agape-Love

OK... OK....Enough said at this time about anger and the fear of the Lord. I made my point and my point is to get you to get your concordances and Bibles out. I can tell some of you did and some of you even went a little further to find a commentary. The objective of this blog is to stir the pot a little and make you think. I like to say "if you don't ponder the Word your mind will fill up with earthly mush"
The word agape is Greek and it means love in the highest form. It is the very nature of God and the greatest in Christan virtues. This isn't the kind of love that one says "man I sure love ice cream" Without love the so called Christan is just a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Love is patient, kind and does not envy or boast. It's not arrogant, rude or insist on its own way. It's not irritable or resentful and does not rejoice at wrong-doing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
God not only loves, He is love. Jesus Christ, His own Son is the unique object of His eternal love. Gods love is found in its supreme expression of self-sacrifice on Calvary and without that the world would be in extreme doom. God loves the world as a whole meaning the creatures, sinners and the saints. This is powerful stuff friends. Love is essential to mans relationship to God and man.
The Holy Spirit creates love in the believer. Also the Christan is commanded to love his enemy as well as his brother. It is the chief test of the Christan discipleship.....Yes I know some of you don't want to hear "love your enemy" but would you rather I write about the Lord's wrath instead!
We know that those who love God, all things work together for good. I don't understand it either but I know if the Holy Spirit wasn't working in me I couldn't love anybody including myself.