One came to question Him on Eternal Life and The Lord included: Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. He was asked, which is the greatest commandment? Mark 12:30-31And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. The Lord issues a warning. Mark 12:38And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, Return to Love in the NT
Occurs 14 Times First mention of Love in Scripture. The TEST: Do you love your child more than you love God! See The Test Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. First mention of husband and wife love in Scripture. Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. Father loved one son, Mother loved the other. Genesis 25:28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. A fatherly request Genesis 27:4And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. Mom cooks dad’s favorite meal: Genesis 27:9,14Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. What a man in Love will do. Genesis 29:18,20,30 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. She hoped this would cause her husband to love her. Genesis 29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. But he went about it all wrong. Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. When a parent loves one child over all the others Genesis 37:3-4Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. Judah answers Joseph (who he did not recognize) about his family Genesis 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Appears 11 times The Lord Jesus instructs those who came to hear Him. Matthew 5:43-44,46 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. As the Lord Jesus sends the 12 to spread the word. Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. One came to question Him on Eternal Life and The Lord included: Matthew 19:19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. He was asked, which is the greatest commandment? Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matthew 22:39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Teaching the multitude about the Scribes and Pharisees: Matthew 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, Teaching from the Mount of Olives: Matthew 24:12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
It’s interesting that the word LOVE or any form thereof does not appear in the following Old Testament Books: Numbers, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Haggai
The Gospels are the recorded ministry of the Lord Jesus as He presented Himself as the Messiah to the Jews. And as recorded in John 3:16 He came in Love (love for the whole world). And love, as it appears in the Gospels will usually be spoken by the Lord Jesus. Love Appears 110 Times
The authorship to Hebrews is uncertain, BUT it is consistent with Paul’s writing and doctrine. This book presents Christ as the Author and Perfecter of our faith only as Paul would write. The Apostle Paul quotes Psalm 45:7 and Isaiah 61:3. Hebrews 1:9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. God keeps records of our life and works. (see Book of Life) Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. The way one should live. Hebrews 10:24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Love includes discipline. Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Love comes first. Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
The Apostle Paul reminds them of what he is hearing. Philemon 1:5Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; Philemon 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Paul prepares to ask for a favor from his friend. Philemon 1:9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
We can succeed in this life, when we trust in God. 2 Timothy 1:7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Our faith and love comes from the Lord Jesus 2 Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is when men fail. 2 Timothy 3:2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2 Timothy 3:4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; All true believer’s are looking for His coming! 2 Timothy 4:8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Love of this world causes a person to depart from true faith. 2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
