Off topic, read this, made me think of how you define “love” for brothers and sisters in Christ:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2617&t=NKJV
mercy 149, kindness 40, lovingkindness 30, goodness 12, kindly 5, merciful 4, favour 3, good 1, goodliness 1, pity 1, reproach 1, wicked thing 1
Excerpted article
Love Redefined: Hurts So Good!
April 22, 2011
By Kevin Kleint
Love …. we’re called to walk in it …. it’s one of the 3 things that will remain …. God even defines Himself by it!
God’s Love
The modern day church THINKS they know what God’s Love is. We’re told to be nice to everybody, feed the poor, accept people the way they are, don’t lose your temper in traffic, be patient with each other …. all of this SOUNDS like God’s Love … BUT IS IT??
I want to do a small study about the Lovingkindess of God. It’s not some obscure term that will be kept mysterious and unattainable until we go to be with Him. We won’t be able to pull the “His Ways are NOT Our Ways” excuse when we see Him. His Word is clear.
Love Defined
Let’s go to Psalm 107 and look at the very last verse of the chapter (v43): “Whoever [is] wise will observe these [things], And they will understand the lovingkindness [khesed] of the LORD.” Look at that carefully, it’s telling you that, whatever came before verse 43 will be understood by wise people, and they WILL understand the lovingkindness [khesed] of the Lord.
Due to time and space constraints, I’m not going to put the whole Strong’s concordance reference the Hebrew Word khesed, but click the following link and read the WHOLE definition.
End of excerpt
By Kevin Kleint
Link is
http://www.zionfire.org/love-redefined-hurts-so-good/
THX.
VERY interesting article.
Much appreciated.