I guess you might call this my ‘tag line’, though it’s far from original. The reason I’ve chosen this simple phrase is because love is clearly one of God’s favorite topics.
Love covers our sin:
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8)
It was God’s love for us that brought salvation down in the form of His Son Jesus:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
Jesus literally commands His people to love one another:
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34)
Love is the difference between life and death – those who love Jesus have eternal life; those who reject this love will experience death followed by an eternity without Him or His Love.
So yeah, love matters. More than anything.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
#LoveMatters