a detached love , one of the spirit. not a worldly love. what ways are of this spirit. that can change a person like that?. how does tha twork?. god being love? wisdom. knowledge.I know this, but love is what jesus said was most emprotant for christians to realize and do in accordance to gods will. why is this love so emportant. why love. how is this a more rightious thing, more rightious then the other commandments from jesus?does it somehow cause all the other things jesus said to do be more open to a persons heart?I was just wonder that. thanks
2006-10-15 09:34:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a good question, and I can only answer it from personal experience, at this point.
What I know about love--love of the spirit, unconditional love, true love--is that it is difficult. My heart is filled with "weeds" of anger, judgmentalism, pridefulness, and that sort of thing. It is hard to love people because there are so many things in myself blocking true love.
I have recently been praying to God that he teach me how to love fully, since I have noted that I love imperfectly. Imperfect love is what you are describing--attachment, worldliness.... In fact, imperfect love may not even exist. It may be an all-or-nothing thing. Either I love or I do not.
Anyway, I am seeking God's will regarding love. Hoping that he will, of his great bounty, teach me how to love those who offend, hate, prejudge, and so forth. One way that God teaches me, historically in my life, is by letting me see how I am no different from others in many ways. That is, I have trouble loving those who judge because I myself sometimes judge. I have trouble loving those who are self-righteous because sometimes I am self-righteous.
In other words, I get to see the problem manifested in myself, and with God's help I work to rid myself of such impurities and imperfections.
It has been my experience that when I am willing and committed to have God remove that which is within me, that he does. And in so doing, he "inadvertently" teaches me how to do or be exactly what I want to do or be.
Does that make sense at all to you? I mean, the bottom line is, I cannot love perfectly because I am imperfect. While I know that I shall not be perfect on this earth, I still seek to become so. It is a paradox, in a way. But God has taught me, indeed, to love the one who is perfect, and to hope in God that he conform my life to his Son's through the Holy Spirit. So while I am certain that I will not be perfect on earth, I am also certain that God is working in my life to transform me. I have come to love the work without being attached to the outcome.
So, by accepting the spirit of God in your life, it opens you up to wanting to be like his Son, and it opens you up to a life of rigor and transformation. One of the things that happens is that you begin asking the big, important questions about love, wisdom, and so forth...and you begin seeking answers and solutions from God.
Love is so important because nothing of consequence can occur without the spirit of love as the driving force. It is first and foremost in the commandments because without love, obeying other rules is just an outward show. If the heart is not transformed, the behavior means nothing. I can act generous whlie feeling stingy, for example, or I can act tolerant while feeling judgmental. One thing that God does is inspire a person to seek to rid him- or herself of those ungodly feelings and motivations, so that the person can become a true witness--not by deeds and words, but by love.
2006-10-15 09:47:57 · answer #1 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Jesus has done for me is to make me aware that because He created me in His image, He wants me to be more like him.
Love is the the most powerful force in the world (as Jesus showed us)...on a practical example: have you ever seen anyone change their lives except by being loved and accepted ??? What I have begun to realize is that He is asking me to: simply be available to the person standing in front of me at the time......
2006-10-15 09:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by Cassie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If anything you love less. I have met many who are into "agape" love where they go around telling everybody how much they "love" them. I find their love rather vacuous. I think it dilutes any real passion they have towards other people, especially with the Christian religion telling their members how innately evil everybody is.
(I'm assuming you meant "accepting the spirit" and not "excepting the spirit", which would actually mean the opposite)
2006-10-15 09:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Love is something you do; an action; a choice. It is not easy, as it requires putting others before yourself; it requires humility. The price of genuine love is death to self.
2006-10-15 09:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you know that 'except' would be something like 'exclude'? So, yes. by excluding the spirit of god in my life, I think I'm more open to a freer and better way of love.
2006-10-15 09:38:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
when u realize how to love everyone like how god loves us, then it makes u desire to follow the ten commandments. that is why love is so important. if u love someone u are less likely to lie to them or murder them. see?
2006-10-15 09:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by ellie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
knowing Jesus made it easier for me to love and to forgive.
2006-10-15 09:42:46 · answer #7 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋