The highest, purest form of love is Agape. From Greek origin, agape is selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love. Most importantly, it’s an active love, not rooted in emotion. Agape is constant, unchanging. When Jesus died on the cross for us, he didn’t say never mind these people aren’t worthy. He did it despite our unworthiness. As Christ’s disciples, we are called to demonstrate agape love by looking past faults and love others as Jesus loved us. It’s love without the ‘but.’ It’s love without conditions attached.
12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
Jesus Christ is not a religion. He came for relationship, not a list of dos and don’ts. He came to heal lives and restore broken pieces, not for approval of the majority. Jesus upended a culture chained down to self-worship and man-made ideas, to give lasting Freedom & Hope. In Christ there’s nothing left to conform to. Today, we are still called to be cultural disruptors for good, because we can never influence the world for Christ if we look just like it.
12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, 5 So, the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.” 6 Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 7 Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’ 8 For you ignore God’s law and substitute your own tradition.
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