The Importance Of Agape Love

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Mathew 22:37-40 "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Someone who has been a Christian for over fifty years said to a new Christian: God wants us to love Him, we do not know why but if we say we are Christian we have to obey. The pain this statement brought to my heart was unbearable. While there are many things wrong with it, but I could not help asking myself, how can someone claim to be Christian for more than fifty years yet utter those words out loud and with so much contentment? Incidentally this person believes anyone …show more content…

Agape love is literally out of this world. It is almost inexplicable. Agape love is God Himself. Like His Holiness which is the very essence God is made of. So too is Agape love is His very essence. When you have the opportunity to experience this love in your heart, it feels more like an overflowing peace in your heart mixed with a little bit of joy, but this little joy is toward God. The presence of Agape love in your heart, acts like all other human feelings disappear, they are not suppressed, but they are not there. As such you cannot judge the person who is hurting you, or feel animosity. It also comes with some sort of compulsion to help or give of yourself with compassion. This thing that accompanies Agape love which I called joy toward God, for lack of a better word, seems to be there for the sole purpose of glorifying God whenever Agape love is used. It is a powerful love that allows you to look into your enemy's eyes, I mean people who deserve your full hatred, yet, you are not able to feel like a human being toward

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