Love is Not Selfish

Another great Love Revolution message. We started with the statement from 1 Corinthians 13:5 that "love is not selfish." Again, the passage that provided the greatest reflection for me came from Philippians Chapter 2, which we also covered. Verses 3-4 state, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."

It is human nature to seek our own, but agape love requires the opposite. Philippians 2:5 provides the epitome of selflessness in the person of Jesus, who we are to emulate: "In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus." The rest of the passage, some of it shared last week, reads:

6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider
equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

In learning to consider others better than ourselves, let's be reminded of the Savior's ultimate example. Here's the Revolution message on Unselfish Love...