Love or Lust ?

[profetacolombiano]

Love And Romance Is Somthing We Constantly See And Hear About In This World. But Is It Possible That True Love Can Exist Between Two People Who Are Ouside Of The Love Of God ? Or Is Lust And Greed The Foundation Of What The World Calls Love ?

[larry]

Dear profetacolombiano, I think you know the answer so I'll make this one short.

Without lust, greed cannot exist, and without God, love doesn't. God bless in Jesus' name - larry

[beautifullixchaotic]

I don't Know how to answer your questions...but you should read this book it'll help you answer your question...its called "I kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris. Its literally not talking about guidelines to dating...just building a stronger relationship w/ God. And Talks about God's Luv & Stuff.

[jr2443]

Man is fallen and thus acts like this,

THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;
THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."
THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE,
WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,"
THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS";
WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS";
THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,
AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN."
THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."
(Rom 3:10-18)

I don't think that mankind is capable of unselfish love.
(I mean the unbelieving world.)

Lust is not love.

[Saltwinds]

What the secular world perceives as Love is different than what God's word tells us. If everyone in the world read and understood Matthew 5:28 would this world be so plagued by sex and greed and infidelity??

Lust is sinful behavior and is often used as an excuse for further sin. These sinful desires (a) causes people to excuse the sin rather than stopping (b) destroys marriages (c) rebels against God's word (d) usually hurts more than just the sinner

Love is a gift of God's. But too often its taken for granted and often misconstrued of its true meaning. What are the two important commandments?? Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself.

These commandments are broken when we put our own desires or desires of the flesh ahead of God's. Is this true "Love"? No it is not.

[brownangle49]

Hello,
The world has came to a place where they mistake love for lust. We have a lot of Christian that would like to get married and are very lonely and need desires so they fall for the first thing come their way and think it is love.
We try to be good saints but saton get busy. You can both be in love with god and still be very blinded by the love and lust different. So you married and it wears off. You are with this person because you married him for the wrong reason. That is the way of the world.

[kellymarie]

Dear BrownAngle49,you are definetly right on how this world mistakes love and lust.I can see how teenagers do that,because it is easy to get it mixed up when you're having so many hormonal changes and puberty,and peer pressure.It seems as though some never grow out of that,or they are lonely,and marry the first person that shows attention to them.But,God has a better plan for us,and that is to allow Him to love through us.And when Jesus is showing His love through us,you know it is actually love.I pray for people a lot who get divorced so quick,and have kids out of wed lock.I know we all make mistakes,but why does it have to keep getting worse?I thank God daily for my husband,that He will keep us strong,and keep loving the other through each of us.I think we all need to pray for people regarding this issue.Heck,I'll see celebritys on tv that are getting divorced or "shacking up" and I will pray for them.I believe this is a very important topic.

[Thunderchild]

Is it possible for a person to really be outside the love of God? The biblical answer is - not possible. God hates the deeds of the sinner to be sure. However, the Christ was not sent to call the righteous to repentence, but sinners. He was sent to call the sinner to repentence because God loves everyone.
So then, "outside the love of God" could only refer to people who themselves have no love for God, a fairly common condition. While many who go by the term Christian teach that it impossible for outsiders to truly love each other, that teaching is questionable in the extreme. The Bible acknowledges that people who have no love for God can love each other - the sticking point is only whether totally unconditional love can be achieved. Unconditional love is however an extremely rare phenomenon, even within the churches, so the point is essentially academic.

[Sunny]

"Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!"
Mat 7:9-11

If ungodly fathers can love their children (and therefor give them good things), can an ungodly couple not love each other as well?

I do agree that the world has come to a stage that the two are being perceived as being the same thing, though.