"THE DOCTRINE OF LOVE".

Whoever does not love does not know God; for God is love. I John 4.8.

According discernment of the word love, the Bible dictionary ARC (King James Fixed), refers to feelings of appreciation for someone, accompanied by the desire to do him good (I Samuel 20:17). In Conjugal relationship, love involves sexual attraction and sense of ownership (Song 8.6). Divine love is in the Father, I John 4.8, God is love. The Son is the greatest expression and proof of God's love for humanity (John 3:16). The Holy Spirit pours the love in the heart of the saved (Romans 5.5). Love is the highest quality Christian (I Corinthians 13:13), shall govern all the relations of life with others and with God. Thus, we can say that the doctrine of love is eternal, as God Himself, for God is love, and therefore we say that; without love there is no salvation, no forgiveness, because love is all, as the apostle Peter says saying, having first of all to love each other, because love covers a multitude of sins. I Peter 4.8. There is a natural love, which is that someone loves as suits you, or gets advantage, and then despises, resulting in a passenger love, as God said Ephraim son of Joseph, and Joseph's brother Judah both sons of Jacob, through the prophet Hosea: What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? I have made thee, O Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that disappears early. Hosea 6.4. As to God's love surpasses all our understanding, and he proved to us the essence of his love, in which the Apostle Paul describes saying: But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. Romans 5.8. The Evangelist John also describes about the proof of the love of God, spoken by the Son of God: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life . John 3:16. The word world expressed in verse, refers to all mankind, without distinction of persons, sex, color, race, tribe or nation, including you and me, so we can not forget the preciousness of that love.

    As for our love for God, we should never love him with partiality, our love for him, should occupy all the space of our being, without leaving any empty space, "body soul and spirit" when this happens to us, there is no room for error, and not to sin, and at the same time, we shall love your neighbor as ourselves, and thus not break the fidelity with our spouse, and not released the hold of somebody else. Jesus one occasion, made references to law, which gave the right to love your neighbor and hate your enemy, which is called eye for an eye and tooth for tooth, as Exodus 21.22-27, then Jesus spoke about the new commandment that brought, through divine love, and said: You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be ye therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father perfect. Matthew 5.44-48 also found the Evangelist Luke's account of the Sermon on the Lord Jesus about love, who said: But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless them that curse and pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer him the other; and that takes away your cloak, do not refuse the tunic. Give to everyone who asks you; and to take what is yours, not him return unto the request. And as ye would that men should do to you, just do ye them too. And if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do you, what reward have ye? Even sinners do the same. Luke 6.27-33. This is the example of the great love of God, and if we do not, we are not his children, because as we love our pastor, ought also to love with the same love, a prostitute, an alcoholic, and even pedophiles and murderers God does not love me more than these people, you might want to say, he does not love the sin but the sinner, when Jesus died on the cross, his blood was shed for the remission of all kinds of sinners, which I, you and the rest of the world were included. John the apostle of love tells us, this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No one has ever seen God; If we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. I John 4.10-12. Always witnessed cases of extreme ignorance and violence, saying that someone came to kill for love, if there is love in such cases, this love is diabolical and not of God, the Apostle Paul teaches us otherwise and says: Love is suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love does not boast not puffed up, not unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, love never fails. I Corinthians 13.4-7,8ª. And the apostle John Full saying, Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. I John 3:15, then learned, it is better to love than to hate. Continuing the apostle also says: If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, is a liar. For who does not love his brother whom he has seen, can not love God whom he has not seen. I John 4.20. Here's my advice; never open your mouth to say, I hate so-and-so, because when you open the same to say I love God, you will be reprimanded by the Lord, and called a liar, for he who loves God does not hate anyone. Forgiveness is also one of the brightest biblical concepts connected to divine love, for our forgiveness is subject to divine forgiveness, as Jesus himself said: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father in heaven may forgive you; if, however, do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6.14-15.

    Our forgiveness needs to be wholeheartedly, that is, with love, and free of charge, restriction, or establish any conditions to it, can not get hurt no residue, that feeling, you need to delete all a cleanup because with the help of the Holy Spirit, and the Blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all sin, as I John 1.7, only then, to come not sprout, and starting all over again, the writer to the Hebrews warns us saying: taking care that no one is deprived of God's grace, and that no root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled. Hebrews 12.15, it learned that love to do this in our being, and in every moment of our lives, because love is all, love is life, then it is better to forgive than to condemn, we mean that ; sorrow and hatred in the hearts, has been the cause of many go to hell. The Apostle Paul speaks accurately about three important things that ever serve God without one, which is love, hope and faith, however, hope and faith will one day be extinguished, and the love will continue forever , for all eternity, and so says now abideth faith, hope and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13. Seeking the example of the early church, we learn something important, is really at the heart of God, as reports the writer of Acts of the Apostles saying: Wherefore were baptized those who received his word; and were added that day about three thousand souls; And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was awe, and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had everything in common. Acts 2.41-44. It is an example to be followed by all of us, that only with love and unity among the brothers, we will overcome the barriers and obstacles of life, as Paul said, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us first. Romans 8.37. Amen.