Love and Like

[horsefancy]

We are called to love one another and do all things in love. Is there a distinction between loving another and liking another? If I love someone do I need to like them? Is this contradicting what God calls us to do?

 

[littleone]

We are called to love one another and do all things in love. Is there a distinction between loving another and liking another? If I love someone do I need to like them? Is this contradicting what God calls us to do?

If we look at Love *it trusts *(believes, hopes and has faith in) can we honestly say that in all people we can do this? It is kind, (it tolerates, facilitates, gives a helping hand, aids, but never owns) and is always Patient,( is long suffering, unwearied, tolerates, excuses), I guess when a person can measure up to the wholness of these then I don’t think there will be any gaps. (I have a long way to go).
Putting it another way Jesus tells us to "love the sinner ( that’s all of us) but to hate the sin, so we are called to love the person regardless but not so much their actions or words since these come from the heart.

Well!!!
what do you think?
Godbless
littleone.

 

[baltobetsy]

To love someone is to want the best for them - ultimately their salvation. It is an act of the will. It is necessary to love everyone.

Liking someone is entirely in the realm of feelings, over which you have very little control. It is not necessary to like anyone.

It is therefore possible to love one’s enemies without liking them.

It is a wonderful thing when you both love and like someone, but that is not required of anyone, although highly recommended for spouses!

Betsy

 

[piks]

I think its like saying that when you love someone, it should be unconditional. You can love somebody even without liking them, the Christian love that we know. Which is better, “I love you because I like you?” or I like you because I love you?". We are called to love unconditionally.

 

[littleone]

Are you saying that as Jesus said “love the sinner but hate the sin” how does this fit in?

 

[briang72]

The love that Jesus spoke of exists outside of our own opinion of people’s behavior. Like is a term that is most often used to describe one’s opinion of a person’s behavior. “I don’t like him, he is mean to his coworkers”. I agree with baltobetsy in the meaning of love as Jesus meant:

To love someone is to want the best for them - ultimately their salvation. It is an act of the will. It is necessary to love everyone.

Imagine that the same person we spoke of earlier who was mean to his coworkers was involved in a car accident that you witnessed. Would you call an ambulance? Would you pray for him? That is the love that Jesus spoke of.