CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 14, 2019
UNLESS YOU ARE LIVING IN A CAVE OR HAVE NO WIFE OR GIRL FRIEND, YOU KNOW TODAY IS VALENTINE DAY.
FLOWERS, CANDY AND CARDS ARE SUPPOSED TO DEMONSTRATE OUR LOVE. C.S. LEWIS WROTE ABOUT THE KINDS OF LOVE – FILIAL (FRIENDSHIP), EROS (PHYSICAL LOVE IN A MARITAL RELATIONSHIP) AND AGAPE LOVE, A LOVE FOR US WHICH COMES FROM GOD.
GOD IS LOVE, SCRIPTURE TELLS US. HE DEFINES LOVE IN THAT HE SENT HIS SON TO DIE FOR US SO WE CAN LIVE WITH HIM AND BE SAVED FROM OUR SINS AND THIS FALLEN WORLD. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO. FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT, GIVEN OUR REBELLION AND CHASING AFTER FALSE GODS. BUT HE DID IN THE GREATEST ACT OF MERCY AND GRACE EVER DEMONSTRATED.
FLOWERS, CANDY AND CARDS MIGHT BRING A KISS, OR A THANK YOU AND A SMILE, BUT HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND TO GOD’S AGAPE LOVE? EACH PERSON MUST ANSWER FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF, BUT MY RESPONSE IS TO WORSHIP GOD AND OBEY HIM. JESUS SAID IF YOU LOVE HIM YOU WILL OBEY HIM. GOD PROVED HIS LOVE FOR US BY SENDING JESUS. WE SHOULD LOVE HIM BACK WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, SOULS AND MINDS. HAPPY VALENTINE DAY. I’M CAL THOMAS.
