Love Like a Man

Many may already be familiar with the passage 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 where we find one of the most powerful definitions of love the way we should love others, and the way we should love our Saviour. This passage beautifully describes the characteristic behaviors of love.

1 John 4:7-8 tells us that if we don't have love for others, then we do not know God. 1 John 4:15-16 tells us that if we are saved, God is in us; God is love. 1 John 4:21 even goes so far as to explain that we are commanded by God that if we love Him, we must also love our brother.

These passages show us that have no claim to know God if we don't demonstrate our love to others. We often tell people that we love them. We tell our parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren that we love them. We tell our spouses that we love them. Do we show it?

There is no lack of manliness in showing love. Loving someone so purely as defined in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 is an amazing way to actually demonstrate our manliness. Our world has moved from chivalry; it has moved away from love. And looking around us, we can also see that our world has moved far away from God. Through Christ we are capable of showing love in a way that others are incapable. Let's demonstrate God in us today by showing love to those around us, that others will be inspired both to serve God, and to strive to have as pure of love as ours.