DAY SIXTEEN: WHAT IS LOVE

12/16/24

What is love? “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends” (1 Cor. 13:4-8).

Who is love? God is love. However Paul describes love in 1 Corinthians 13, God is those things. He is patience. He is kindness. He is humility, but how can He be these things? It makes sense to say God is loving, but how does it make sense to say that God is love?

Who is God? There is one God who exists as three distinct co-equal, co-eternal persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is why love isn’t simply an attribute of God. In the Trinity, we see love actively being displayed between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! The Father loves the Son. The Son loves the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit loves the Father. We can say that God is love because there is an active loving relationship that exists within God Himself!

- Dane