Love

Definition. Other definitions. Characteristics. Comes from God. Love is communicated by the Holy Spirit. Loves copy cats. The objects of love. Love in 1 Cor. 13:4ff. Fifty ways to love so you get closer. Love unites. Love is a common bond. Common bonds love made.

Definition. What is love? As it has God as it’s Object, “Love is the souls relish of the supreme excellency of the Divine Nature inclining the heart to choose God as it’s chief good.” JE

1 Other definitions. A delightful feeling knowing God is holy and being happy pleasing Him. A subjective feeling but is felt based on a foundation of Objective Truth.

2 What are it’s characteristics? It’s strong as death, its jealousy is cruel like hell fire. It sparks. It is a flame above all other’s. It’s unquenchable. It’s unconditional or priceless. It is better than wine. It is a

3 Where does it come from? God

4 How is it communicated? By the Holy Spirit.

5 What are it’s copy cats? Self-love, infatuation, obsession, passion and common love.

6 Who are the objects of true love? God the Father, God the Son/Jesus, other believer’s, holy angels, neighbors and enemies.

7 How does love manifest itself in various situations? 1 Corinthians 13:4ff

8 Love in its 50 ways to get closer to the one you love. Go here “Getting closer.”

9 Love is the bond uniting the two so close for love includes the object/Object of it’s affection in every thought, feeling, word and deed.

10 Love is a common bond.

11 Love produces common bonds. Love makes manifest common bonds of love to God the Father. Since they are one with God the effects of such a union ought to manifest itself in good works, self denial and purer motives. Love brought about a stricter union by giving them common bonds. A common bond is something both people share in common that they both delight in. Both share in common the delightful truths that 1 God is their Father. 2 That they are His children. 3 That He loves them. 4 That they love the Father. 5 He delights to be her king and having him as her king is also her delight. Both delight in the fact that he is the king in the relationship. This they share in common. Thus having the same mind as to being happy with him being king and the person being the authority in the relationship. 6 He delights to be her shepherd and she delights for him to be her shepherd. Both are happy in respects to him being and doing the role of a shepherd.

The essence and nature of God is Love.