William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the Princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child’s breath. Once when the child was struggling to breathe, the mother forgetting herself entirely, took the little one into her arms to keep her from choking to death. Rasping and struggling for her life, the child said, “Momma, kiss me!” Without thinking of herself, the mother tenderly kissed her daughter. She got diphtheria and some days thereafter she went to be forever with the Lord. Real love forgets self. Real love knows no danger. Real love doesn’t count the cost.

in the day and age we live we live in the world that is confused about what real love is real love is not what Hollywood shows. Romance itself is not real love for the romantic feelings are temporary. !

In biblical times, the Greek New Testament lists, a number of different words for love, the first word for love used by the Greeks, but is not actually used in the new testament  is eros This refers to erotic love, and is a very selfish, one-sided love the only think of its needs it is not used in the New Testament at all, even in the context of marriage.. the next word that is used is phileo love this is a friendship or brotherly or sisterly love but again this is a limited love. This is conditional.

The next word for love is storgae this can be translated devotion, and it is again. It’s a one-sided kind of love usually used in the context, or love for a ruler or a dog for its master. The last word we’re gonna talk about is the most important that is Agape agape is used extensively in the New Testament regarding Christians only being a follower of Christ gives you access to this kind of supernatural love this is a unconditional love that says I love you whether you love me back or not this is the kind of love that God has for his people this love is not based on emotion, but can be emotional but it is based on action. Agape love is not always just said, but shown through loving acts of kindness and unselfishness the greatest act of agape is when God allowed his only son to come to earth live a perfect life only to be mistreated be rejected, tortured, and eventually killed, then God raised him from the dead. He sent it to heaven and will return again this is the greatest act of love that has ever been done.! so really the first relationship that we need to look at it was our relationship with God because if we don’t have a loving relationship with God, we don’t have the ability to have a strong, loving relationship with other people!

jn 3:16

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Rom 5:8

8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1st john 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

jn 13:34-35

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

jn 13:15

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

1cor 13:7

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1st john 4:18

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

jn 14:15

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments

1st john 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

1st john 4:10

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

word study from our friend and greek scholar Rick Renner And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
— Colossians 3:14

Can you imagine loving with such a pure love that you expect nothing back in return and it’s impossible for you to feel hurt or let down by the response of the recipients of your love? You don’t love them for the purpose of getting something in return; you shower them with love simply because you love them. That love is entirely possible, because it’s God’s agape love, and He has shed His love abroad in your heart by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). This is why I call agape a high-level love. It is a love that has no strings attached, a love that loves simply and purely — the God-kind of love.

In today’s Sparkling Gem, we are going to look at this God-kind of love through Paul’s words in Colossians 3:14, where he commanded us, “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”

The phrase “put on” is a translation of the Greek word enduo, a common term that was used in New Testament times to denote the act of putting on a garment or a piece of clothing. Although clothing styles have changed innumerable times over the millennia, the process of putting on your garments has always been the same. If you’re going to dress properly for the day, you have to make the choice to look into the closet and select the clothes you wish to wear. Then you have to deliberately take that outfit off the hanger and slip it onto your body. Your clothes won’t jump out of the closet and onto your body without your help. If you are going to wear them, you have to put them on!

In the same way, Paul says we are to “put on love.” This word for “love” is the Greek word agape — a complex term that I call high-level love because there is no higher, finer, or more excellent love than agape love. As we have studied before, this kind of love occurs when an individual sees, recognizes, understands, and appreciates the value of an object or a person, causing the viewer to behold this object or person in great esteem, awe, admiration, wonder, and sincere appreciation. Such great respect is awakened in the heart of the observer for the object or person he is beholding that he is compelled to love. In fact, his love for that person or object is so strong that it is irresistible. If necessary, agape love will even sacrifice itself for the sake of that object or person it so deeply cherishes. Thus, agape is the highest form of love — a self-sacrificial type of love that moves one to action.

In First John 3:16, we are urged to possess agape for each other. It says, “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” This plainly means that we are to love and appreciate each other just as fully and freely as God loves us.

The Father loved us to the point of self-sacrifice. In the same way, we are to agape our brothers and sisters to such a great extent that we would be willing to lay down our lives for them or forgive them for wrongs we perceive they have committed against us. We are to love others with no strings attached.

You may ask, “But how can I possess such love? Is it really possible for me to exhibit that kind of love for other people, including those who have offended or hurt me?”

Because the seed of God’s Word has been sown into your own human spirit, this divine love is within you all the time. If you will let the Spirit of God release it from your heart, you will begin to experience this fruit of the Spirit called agape as it swells up from deep within. And as you allow God’s love to flow out of your life to others, it will transform your character to become more like Jesus Christ.

But this kind of love is something you have to “put on” if you’re going to experience it. This love is always inside you — but it’s like clothing hanging in the closet. The clothes are yours, but you’ve got to walk to the closet, open the door, take the clothes off the hanger, slip your arms through the sleeves, and then begin to push the buttons through the buttonholes. You never get dressed by accident. It’s always a result of your decision and action.

Likewise, God has placed this amazing love deep inside you — in your “heart-closet,” so to speak. But you are the only one with the power to open the doors to that place where it is kept, take it off the hanger, and start putting it on. Furthermore, when you are tempted to take that love off and put it back in the closet out of anger or disappointment, remember that you alone can decide to adorn yourself in this agape love of God. So open your heart, reach inside, pull it out, and be determined to get dressed in the agape love of God. In fact, God commands it!

So refuse to let anger, frustration, and intolerance rule you — and take this command of God very seriously. Slip on the garment of agape love, and keep it on! God is love; in fact, it’s the very essence of who He is. And just as Jesus is the perfect reflection of the Father’s love (see John 15:9), so are you called to be a reflection of Jesus’ love. First John 4:17 declares, “…As he is, so are we in this world”!

Now that you know this type of divine love is inside you, you can deliberately and on purpose open the doors to your “heart-closet” to take it out and put it on! This will enable you to walk in love, regardless of the situation you find yourself in. Don’t you agree that it’s time for you to get dressed in the love of God today?

The only way to receive and be able to give this supernatural God sent Love (Agape) is by being part of Gods family!  the most important Question you must ask yourself am i truly Born Again and in the family of God! see being Gods son is not automatic! because of original sin we are all born fallen and separated from God ! because of that we all have a death sentence on us from birth (physical and spiritual or permanent separation from God forever in a physical place of eternal torture and torment called Hell! The bad news  is we have all been born in sin and are doomed to hell forever but because God loved us the perfect God-man jesus willingly live a perfect life, was beaten and tortured, for us, was crucified on the cross to pay for our sin, and God raised him from the dead rose again from the dead, ascended into heaven, to build a home for us in heaven, and one day will come back for us when we put our total trust in the work of the cross on the Lord Jesus Christ, death and resurrection, we are reborn in the image of God all our sins are washed away, and we have become sons and daughters of God and our heaven bound and become his ambassadors here on earth! in order to experience, this one must repent, change your mind of our sin, and believe the gospel. What’s the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, Rose again from the dead ascended to heaven, and his returning again for us that is the good news, the ultimate good news, so this is my question for you number one do you know beyond the shadow of a doubt if you were to die today do you know for sure you would be in heaven are you born again? Do you love God do you obey his commandments if not, it’s not too late, pray with me this simple prayer if you believe it in your heart and you confess it with your mouth, God will hear you come into your heart forgive your sins and transform you in a moments time into his son or daughter, and give you a relationship with God forever

pray with me, dear Lord Jesus, I know I’m a sinner in need of a savior. I can’t save myself, but you love me so much you died on the cross for my sins you rose again from the dead you send it into heaven to prepare a place for me in heaven, and you will come again for me someday come into my heart Lord Jesus live your life through me. I pray this in Jesus name amen you you congratulations it is very important to find a local church that believes the Bible to fellowship to attend and to serve God it’s important to read your Bible. Let God’s love letter to you it’s important to pray and talk to God on a regular basis, and listen for his still small voice, finally it’s important to tell other people the good news and let them know that they can have a relationship with God and finally use your gifts your talents and your finances to advance The Kingdom of God all over the world. God bless you this happened to you and you’ve been born again please contact us so that we can get materials in your hands to encourage and strengthen you, thank you for watching Rock, Family, Fellowship Church(online) and Rev. Bradford Hoel. God bless you Jesus loves you we do too, and Jesus is Lord