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Studying to Live: The Balance Between Studying God's Word and Living Out God's Word

The Importance of Calvinism in Christianity Pt. 3: What is Love?

                What is love? Love is reflecting God’s character, his attributes, in its totality, in a certain way.  It is a certain spirit, or disposition with which we glorify God. It is glorifying God with a desire to glorify God, a passion, a delight in glorifying God. It is taking satisfaction in, joy from, glorifying God. 1 Corinthians further goes on to explain that love is patient, love is kind, is selfless, is not puffed up, etc. So love is a sort of way in which we obey God’s law for His glory. And according to 1 Corinthians 13, it profits us nothing and is still sin if we attempt to obey God’s law for His glory without love.                                 That is what I said towards the end of part 2 of this blog series. Now, I would like to give some biblical references that support my above statements and go a bit deeper into the meaning of Christian love.                 Firstly, we need to realize that Christ is the embodiment of God’s love for us. Romans 5:5-8 sa