The Bible: The Value Of Love In The Bible

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The use of the word Love is seen 15 times in Deuteronomy which shows the importance of love towards not only our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, the love we are to extend to our neighbor, the love we have for the Lord and of course the love the Lord freely gives to us. In the Old Testament the evidence of God’s love is seen repeatedly. In Deuteronomy 6:4-5 the passage is taken from perhaps the most well known Old Testament passage that is later referenced in the New Testament. We are directed to use all of our being to love the Lord. The evidence of God’s love is also revealed in (Deut 7:6-8,Deut 10:15, Deut 14:2) by choosing the Israelites as His chosen people, liberating the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt as well as showing …show more content…

To reflect our love to God in the same manner Jesus Christ demonstrated his love ultimate love and sacrifice for all of mankind This kind of love is establish on the frame work of covenant and faithful love. This type of love goes beyond what kind of love that we know, but was Deut 10:12, 20-21 shows it is service to God,
In my walk with the Lord I see the value of love in not only showing compassion toward my neighbor, the person God has created me to be and above all else our Lord and Savior Jesus …show more content…

We still see that the love God freely gives us is undeserving and that we can 't begin to deliver the divine love we receive.
In Deuteronomy 13:3 Christians receive a warning on listening to false prophets and we are shown that our obligation is to cling to the Lord’s love with all your heart and soul.
In Deuteronomy 30:6 that the covenant promise established is still in place and as we believe we understand that through righteous faith in following the Lord we will receive underserved blessings from the Lord.In Deuteronomy 6:5 Shows the duty we have as Christians to obey the first commandment of God’s love by emerging ourselves whole heartedly into service, enjoyment, and obedience to Him based on the principle of love. immense love God In Deuteronomy 7:7-9, 13 We that it is God who chose us not the other way around, and this is brought on without any help of their own accomplishments or righteousness in and of themselves. The Lord promises to fulfill his blessing towards us if we follow His Word and Law. we see that we are to In Deuteronomy 7:12 7:13

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