Bible teaches us what we need to know about love.
And its counsel is free.
Will the Bible enable us to have a good relationship with everyone? No. Some people will not warm to us, no matter how hard we try. And genuine love cannot be forced. (Song of Solomon 8:4) However, by applying the Bible’s guidance, we will increase our opportunities of cultivating loving relationships with others, even though this may take time and effort,now consider why true love is becoming harder to find these days..........
Love "Will Cool Off"
In his great prophecy on "the conclusion of the system of things," Jesus accurately foretold the conditions and trends of our day. He said that the world would be marked by lawlessness and wars—the very opposite of love! He also said that "many . . . will betray one another and will hate one another" and that "the love of the greater number will cool off." (Matthew 24:3-12) Do you not agree that the world has grown colder and that genuine love is lacking, even within families?...
In addition to Jesus’ words, the apostle Paul gave a detailed social profile, as it were, of "the last days." He wrote that people would be "lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God." (2 Timothy 3:1-4) In many lands those traits have become very common..
Think: Are you drawn to proud, unthankful people, to those who are disloyal, who will slander or betray you? Do you warm to individuals who are in love with themselves, with money, or with pleasures? Because self-centered people allow greed and personal desires to define and govern their relationships, any interest they show in others is likely to be selfish. Wisely, the Scriptures counsel: "From these turn away."—2 Timothy 3:5..
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