One of the main messages that comes through loud and clear
from studying our Bible is the extreme importance that God
the Father is placing on that everyone learn how to love Him, love ourselves,
love one another, and to even go as far as to be able to love our enemies and
those who will try and hurt us.
However, our abilities as fallen humans to love one another, is very limited. This is why it is so important for each and every Christian to work very closely with the Holy Spirit to get this fruit worked up into the core of our personalities. It is only when the love of the Holy Spirit starts to flow and enter into our personalities can we even begin to love God, love ourselves, and love one another to the degree and to the intensity that God would like to see from each one of us.
Here are some of the different definitions
on what love is from the different Bible dictionaries and commentaries:
Unselfish,
benevolent concern for another; brotherly concern; the object of brotherly
concern or affection
The
self-denying, self-sacrificing, Christ-like love, which is the foundation of
all other graces
Unselfish,
loyal and benevolent concern for the well being of another
The high esteem, which God has for His human children and
the high regard, which they, in turn, should have for Him and other people
To
love, to have affection for someone; to like; to be a friend; the love of
brothers for each other
Here is how the quality of peace is described in some of
the different Bible dictionaries and commentaries:
The presence and experience of right relationships
The
tranquility of soul
Sense
of well-being and fulfillment that comes from God and is dependent on His
presence
The
inner tranquility and poise of the Christian whose trust is in God through
Christ
Tranquility, rest, harmony, the absence of
agitation or discord
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