RECOGNIZING LOVE THROUGH TRUTH; NOT EMOTIONS. LOVE FROM "HIS" PERSPECTIVE.

RECOGNIZING LOVE THROUGH TRUTH

“…Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, It is not easily angered, It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, Love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

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          “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE IS…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

HOW DO YOUR RECOGNIZE “REAL” LOVE? “… God is (REAL) LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “REAL” LOVE “…is [recognized by its]… patien[ce] … [and its]… kind[ness]. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [GOD’S REAL]…love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, [GOD’S REAL]…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

God’s LOVE is RECOGNIZED through the HOLY SPIRIT “NOT” not simply your emotions, or your flesh, or carnal senses. .“…The person WITHOUT the Spirit DOES NOT accept the things that come from the Spirit of God (Real love comes from God, the Holy Spirit) but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned (recognized) only through the Spirit. …” (2 Corinthians 2:12-15 KJV).

When you RECOGNIZE “REAL” LOVE it means you KNOW what it is when you “SEE” it. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…every one that loveth …. KNOWETH God…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).

It means you can READILY identify REAL LOVE’S behavior. “…LOVE IS… LOVE IS…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

It means you agree and officially approve the God of LOVE as a VALID reality. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “…the fruit of the Spirit is …  love …” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV).

It means you have personal knowledge that REAL LOVE truly exists. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB). “…Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God (has personal knowledge of HIM). He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…WE LOVE, because …” (1 John 4:19 ASV).

To RECOGNIZE “REAL” love also means you have personally experienced God’s LOVE for yourself. “…God’s love has been poured out INto …[your]… hearts through the Holy Spirit…” (Romans 5:5 NIV).  “…God has given [you] HIS Spirit as PROOF that … [his LOVE dwells]…in [you]…” (1 John 4:13 NLT). “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).

“…the fruit of the Spirit is …  love …” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV). “…The …HOLY SPIRIT …is the SOURCE of [love] …it is …God who does the work …[of love]… IN and THROUGH all of us who are his. … (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).“…the Father that dwelleth in… [YOU], he doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV).

To personally experience that LOVE it has to be REVEALED to you.  “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “… For the Lord is the one who … reveals his thoughts to mankind…” (Amos 4:13 NLT). “…THE WORDS THAT I (Jesus) SPEAK unto you, they ARE SPIRIT…” (John 6:63 KJV). “… the things that come from the Spirit of God … are discerned (recognized) only through the Spirit. …” (2 Corinthians 2:12-15 KJV).

Thus, REAL LOVE is REVEALED to you through GOD, the indwelling Holy Spirit. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).  Jesus, “…the Son is … the exact representation of his [HOLY]…being…” (Hebrews 1:3 KJV). “… Jesus saith … he that hath SEEN ME HATH SEEN the Father…” (John 14:9 KJV). “…Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “...I and my Father are ONE…" (John 10:30 KJV). “…THERE ARE THREE that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy..[Spirit]: and THESE THREE ARE ONE  …” (1 John 5:7 KJV).“… No one has ever seen God. But …[Jesus] … who is himself God … He has revealed God to us…” (John 1:18 NLT).

There are many definitions, descriptions, opinions, professional analogies, emotional expressions, and traditional types of love, but I am only speaking of the original, the standard, and the purest LOVE of all.  “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).

The bible describes love as the following: “…love is patient …love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. … [God’s grace-filled]…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

God is love and love’s description is NOT debatable. 1 John 4:4-8 and 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 are biblical TRUTHS. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE IS… LOVE IS…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

Because God “IS” love, he is ALWAYS love. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). These WORDS are “NOT” based on emotion, but a perpetual TRUTH!

In addition, God’s love is kind, patient, etc. “…love is patient …love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. … [God’s grace-filled]…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). These WORDS are not based on emotion, but a perpetual TRUTH!

The TRUTH is “…not that we loved God, but that HE [first] LOVED US...” (1 John 4:10 KJV). “…God SHOWED HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “…God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…There is no greater LOVE …” (John 15:13 NLT).

Therefore, “…THIS IS LOVE: NOT that we loved God, but that he … [really] … loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 4:10 NIV). “…This is REAL LOVE…” (1 John 4:10 NLT).

The TRUTH: “…THIS IS LOVE: NOT that we loved God, but that he… [really]… loved us …” (1 John 4:10 NIV).

Mankind had SINNED against God, abandoned him, turned their backs on him, and forgot all about him, but GOD’s LOVE is not determined by emotions, but TRUTH. “… [God has]… loved [you]... with an everlasting love….” (Jeremiah 31:3 KJV).

Therefore, God’s LOVE never  FAILS! No matter what YOU do; his LOVE remains faithfully STRONG. “…God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is…” (2 Timothy 2:13 NLT). “… The … FAITHFUL love of the Lord, [for you], NEVER ENDS...”(Lamentations 3:22-23 NLT). “…I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love …” (Jeremiah 9:23-24 NLT). “…I am with you always, to the very end…"(Matthew 28:20 NIV)

Human LOVE usually depends heavily upon emotions and often FAIL as soon as feelings die. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE …NEVER FAILS…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). “… [Nothing] …will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:31-39 NASB).

The WORD says: “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…LOVE …NEVER FAILS…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). “…Thy WORD is truth…” (JOHN 17:17 KJV). “Jesus saith…I am … the TRUTH…” (John 14:6 KJV).

The TRUTH is: “…love is patient …love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV). “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…” (Malachi 3:6 KJV).  ^“Jesus Christ (the WORD) is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8 NIV). “…Thy WORD is truth…” (JOHN 17:17 KJV). “…ye shall know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall make you free…” (John 8:32 KJV).

When humans think of LOVE they limit it to emotions, but God elevates LOVE to the preeminence of TRUTH.

I am not debating over the four types of love, people often refer to, from the Greek words:  Eros, Storge, Philia, and Agape, which break down into categories of romantic love, family love, brotherly/sisterly love, and God's love. “… [God’s]… thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are [his]… ways [your]… ways…..as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are [his]… ways higher than your ways and [his]… thoughts than your thoughts…” (Isaiah 55:8-9 ASV).

I am taking the perspective that GOD is LOVE and his LOVE is based on TRUTH first and foremost; not emotion. “…In this world we are like Jesus…” (1 John 4:17 NIV). Therefore, “…love one another; as I have loved you …” (John 13:34-35 KJV). “…There is no greater LOVE than to lay down one’s life…” (John 15:13 NLT). “…[You]… can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth…[you]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV).

“…Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).

“…Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…love is patient …love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

Eros, Storge, Philia, and Agape all break down into categories of LOVE: romantic love, family love, brotherly/sisterly love, and God's love. “…WE LOVE, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19 ASV).

We LOVE our romantic counterparts, we love our families, we love our brothers and sisters-in-Christ, and we love God, BECAUSE and “ONLY” BECAUSE “HE” first loved us. “…WE LOVE, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19 ASV). “….apart from [the God of LOVE, you can]… do nothing (not even LOVE)…” (John 15:5 NIV). “…the flesh profiteth NOTHING…” (John 6:63 KJV). “….I am carnal … [and it is]… sin that dwelleth in me. … I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no GOOD thing: ….” (Romans 7:14-23 KJV).

“…I do nothing of myself…” (John 8:28 KJV). “…the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV). “…He helps me, and my heart is filled with JOY…” (Psalms 28:7 NLT).

The TRUTH is God is love and the description of God’s kind of love found in 1 Corinthians 13 is TRUTH also. Therefore, “…love one another; as I have loved you …” (John 13:34-35 KJV).

Whoever and however you, as God’s people, LOVE, IS IT based on, first and foremost, TRUTH and “NOT” merely emotion? . “…In this world we are like Jesus…” (1 John 4:17 NIV). Therefore, “…love one another; as I have loved you …” (John 13:34-35 KJV).

According to the Word of God how you LOVE is “NOT” based on what you know, but WHO you know. “…Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).

“… [You might be able to] … speak with the tongues of men and of angel … [You might] … have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and … [you might] …have all faith, so as to remove mountains …  And … [you may] … give all … [your] … possessions to feed the poor, and … [you may] …surrender …[your] … body to be burned, but …[if you] … do not have love, it profits … [you] … nothing.…” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 KJV).

Whoever God’s people are in relationships with –whether it’s romantic, family, brotherly, sisterly, or God, the fruit of HIS kind of love will be clearly witnessed! “…In this world …[they] … are like Jesus…” (1 John 4:17 NIV).   

God’s people are recognized by the way they demonstrate love “…one to another …” (John 13:35 KJV). “…Ye shall know them by their fruits…” (Matthew 7:16 KJV). “…But the fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance…” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV).

It will be CLEAR and easy to recognize the kind of LOVE that influences their relationships. “…Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit... [and] a good tree CANNOT bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. WHEREFORE BY THEIR … FRUIT YE SHALL KNOW THEM …...” (Matthew 7:16-22 KJV). “…The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control….” (Galatians 5:22-23). Therefore, “You can identify them… by their … fruit, that is, by the way they … act…” (Matthew 7:16 NLT).

  BE“… transformed by the renewing of your mind…. [AND]…conformed to the image of his Son...”  (ROMANS 12:1 & Romans 8:29 KJV)

“…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV) AND “…the invisible [Holy Spirit]…from the creation of the world is …clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made …so that [you] are without excuse…” (Romans 1:20 KJV). “… It is …God who does the work IN AND THROUGH all of us who are his… The HOLY SPIRIT DISPLAYS God’s power THROUGH each of us...” (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).

^“…That great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work “IN US” what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen…” (Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV). “…[You]… can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth…[you]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV). “…the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV).

Therefore, “…love one another; as I have loved you …” (John 13:34-35 KJV).

It is HARD and CHALLENGING to love others the WAY God has shown love, for you, upon the cross and perpetually each and every day of your lives. “…God so loved the world that he gave…” (John 3:16 KJV). “…God has said “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you…” (Hebrews 13:5 NIV).

God can EMPOWER you to love in TRUTH and not simply the limitations of emotions. “…I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27 KJV). ^“…It is God who works IN YOU to will and TO ACT…” (Philippians 2:13 NIV). “…[You]… can do all things THROUGH CHRIST which strengtheneth [you]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV). “….Apart from [Jesus]…YOU CAN DO NOTHING…” (John 15:5 NIV).

“…God will supply all [the LOVE you need]…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB). “…my cup runneth over [with the fruit of LOVE]…” (Psalms 23:5 KJV). “…God will generously PROVIDE all …[the love] … you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to “SHARE” WITH OTHERS…” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT).

Love includes emotions, but love is NOT limited by emotions. TRUTH elevates love to another standard. “… Let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth…” (1 JOHN 3:18 NASB).

When your child does wrong, you may not FEEL the love you have for them, but you STILL love them.

Love based on TRUTH is unconditional and nothing will separate the person you love from your love; no matter what you FEEL! “….neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate [you]… from the love of God which is “in” Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:38-39 KJV). “…In this world [you]… are like Jesus…” (1 John 4:17 NIV).  “…love one another; as I have loved you …” (John 13:34-35 KJV). “…[You]… can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth…[you]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV).  “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB).

From this perspective, HOW IS LOVE RECOGNIZED? 1. LOVE “…is [recognized by its]… patien[ce] … [and its]… is kind[ness]. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [GOD’S HOLY]…love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, [GOD’S] …love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

2. LOVE is RECOGNIZED through the HOLY SPIRIT “NOT” simply your emotions, or your flesh, or your carnal senses. .“…The person WITHOUT the Spirit DOES NOT accept the things that come from the Spirit of God (Real love comes from God, the Holy Spirit) but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned (recognized) only through the Spirit. …” (2 Corinthians 2:12-15 KJV).

3. LOVE is RECOGNIZED as being God. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “…the fruit of the Spirit is …  love …” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV).

4. LOVE is RECOGNIZED by its heartfelt characteristics. “…LOVE IS…LOVE IS…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

5. LOVE is RECOGNIZED through personal knowledge. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB). “…Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God (has personal knowledge of HIM). He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…WE LOVE, because ….” (1 John 4:19 ASV).

6. LOVE is RECOGNIZE  through personally experienced. “…God’s love has been poured out INto …[your]… hearts through the Holy Spirit…” (Romans 5:5 NIV).  “…God has given [you] HIS Spirit as PROOF that … [his LOVE dwells]…in [you]…” (1 John 4:13 NLT). “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).

“…the fruit of the Spirit is …  love …” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV). “…The …HOLY SPIRIT …is the SOURCE of [love] …it is …God who does the work …[of love]… IN and THROUGH all of us who are his. … (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).“…the Father that dwelleth in… [YOU], he doeth the works…” (John 14:10 KJV).

7. LOVE is RECOGNIZED through revelation. “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “… For the Lord is the one who … reveals his thoughts to mankind…” (Amos 4:13 NLT). “…THE WORDS THAT I (Jesus) SPEAK unto you, they ARE SPIRIT…” (John 6:63 KJV). “… the things that come from the Spirit of God … are discerned (recognized) only through the Spirit. …” (2 Corinthians 2:12-15 KJV).

8. LOVE is REVEALED through GOD, the indwelling Holy Spirit. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).  Jesus, “…the Son is … the exact representation of his [HOLY]…being…” (Hebrews 1:3 KJV). “… Jesus saith … he that hath SEEN ME HATH SEEN the Father…” (John 14:9 KJV). “…Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “...I and my Father are ONE…" (John 10:30 KJV). “…THERE ARE THREE that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy..[Spirit]: and THESE THREE ARE ONE  …” (1 John 5:7 KJV).“… No one has ever seen God. But …[Jesus] … who is himself God … He has revealed God to us…” (John 1:18 NLT).

Wherever, However, and Whoever, God’s people choose to LOVE in TRUTH, they WILL be RECOGNIZED as his disciples. “…LOVE one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this ALL MEN will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another…” (John 13:34-35 KJV).

“…Ye shall know them by their fruits…” (Matthew 7:16 KJV). “…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, GOODNESS, faith, Meekness, temperance…” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV). “… This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples” (John 15:8 KJV).

God said people will know his disciples by their fruit, not their “emotional” endeavors or guidance. LOVE is based on TRUTH! “…Thy WORD is truth…” (JOHN 17:17 KJV). The TRUTH: “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). AND “…LOVE IS…LOVE IS…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).

When you discern or recognize LOVE as God and in the description of his HOLY character, you can choose to LOVE, yourself and others, in the same way. “…WE LOVE, because he first loved us…” (1 John 4:19 ASV). “…WE GIVE YOU (God)... [and others]… only what you first gave us! …” (1 Chronicles 29:14 NLT).  “…There is no greater LOVE than to lay down one’s life…” (John 15:13 NLT). “…LOVE one another, even as I have loved you…” (John 13:34-35 KJV).

RECOGNIZE GOD’S LOVE WORKING IN YOU, RECOGNIZE GOD’S LOVE WORKING THROUGH YOU, AND RECOGNIZE GOD’S LOVE WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF.

“… It is …God who does the work IN AND THROUGH all of us who are his… The HOLY SPIRIT DISPLAYS God’s power THROUGH each of us...” (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT). RECOGNIZE IT!!