Love is the foremost trait in all of Scripture. Because of Love, God sent His Son Jesus Christ to redeem us from the penalty of our sin through His sacrifice and victory at the cross. Jesus Christ identified the most important commandments in all of Scripture to be: Love God, Love your neighbor. Just before His crucifixion, Jesus said: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." Without God, this is simply impossible because "God is Love."
As C.S. Lewis wrote, "In God, there is no hunger that needs to be filled, only plenteousness that desires to give."
Love
Jonah 4:2
- "He prayed to the Lord,
'O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to
Tarshish. I knew that you are a
gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a
God who relents from sending calamity."
