Summary: There’s a lot of different kinds of love in the world: there’s sexual love, married love, teenage love, a father’s love, a mother’s love, and platonic love for our friends and neighbors. But there is a love greater than all other loves and once you know this love, all other loves begin to fall into place. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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, it always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never ends.” What all of us are looking for, even when we fall in love with another person, we’re really, without realizing it, looking for God’s love in our soul. Ultimate love is this: In John 15, Jesus says, “No one has a greater love than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” And then Paul reminds us that even while we were sinners, God showed us His love for us in that Christ died for us. Jesus gave His life to love you. And He died voluntarily knowing your story. The cross is the greatest demonstration that God loves you. Remember this today. The way Jesus loves you is the ultimate display of true love. This is Andrew Palau.
