so what is love? for one the bible says that love is a command.
GOD commands that we love each other. it’s not optional. if we don’t do it, the bible says that we are sinning. the bible says this in 2 john 1.6 (nlt), love means doing what GOD has commanded. HE has commanded us to love one another.
some of you say, “i can live without love.” no, you can’t. you can exist without love, but you can’t live without it. and you can’t please GOD without it because the bible says GOD has commanded us to love each other.
because it is commanded, that brings up a corollary, and it is this: love is not a feeling. we know that because you can’t command a feeling. you can no more command a feeling than you can command the wind.
have you ever said to a little kid that is upset and crying and really frustrated: “i command you to be happy! i command you to stop crying!” you can no more command a feeling than you can command the mountains to move. feelings cannot be commanded.
love is not a feeling. it creates feelings. it produces feelings. love causes feelings, but love is not an emotion. if you think it is, you have a very shallow understanding of love. it creates emotion, but love is not an emotion. so you need to understand that. when people say, “i feel love,” you’re feeling an emotion, but love is more than that.
GOD would never command you to do something that HE doesn’t give you the power and the ability to do. and you can’t always control an emotion.
just a thought from the front porch…
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