Lewis’s book The Four Loves is a helpful guide. How can we best know more about love in its various forms, especially with the hope of being pointed rightly toward the love of God and of neighbor? C.S. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
I Corinthians 13:1-3 says, “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. So let’s look at the four types of love found in the Bible. As we know, Scripture tells us that love is the highest attribute. We may not consciously distinguish one use of love from another, in part because our speech is becoming more and more informal and reduced every year, but it’s important to be intentional about the differences.
We love everything from foods to cars, from movies to retailers, from people to God himself. Today, the word “love” is overused and undervalued at the same time.
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