What is Love? pt.2

It is our love for God that is to be placed first and foremost in our priorities in our walk with God.  The second priority before anything else is to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.  OK, well who are our neighbors?  Let’s look at the parable of the Good Samaritan, you can find it in "LUKE 10:29-37".  What it basically says here, is that our neighbor is anyone we come into contact with.  So now we may say, "No Problem," but remember that the pure love must be from our hearts, we must not hold back from God or others this great love we are to give.  This pure love we are commanded to give is unconditional love that is a love that has no conditions on it.  It is a love that never stops or decreases, or even wavers.  We are told to love our brothers, and we are told what many will find the hardest love of all, that is to love our enemies.  Wow!  This pure love that we are commanded to give is not as easy as we may at first perceived once we are fulfilling the command to love.

"But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” MATTHEW 5:44-45