Article November 28, 1959 Issue

WHAT IS THE NATURE OF LOVE?

LESTER G. BESOLD

What is the nature of love? To this question material reasoning has no answer that is sufficient to meet the needs of mankind. We must look to the spiritual essence of love to find it. The Bible tells us that God is Love. Hence, the real nature of love must be found in God, the divine Principle of all. The Scriptures reveal that man is the image and likeness of God. Man, then, expresses God's nature.

Christ Jesus clearly discerned man's true spiritual nature and lived it. He lived love. Mary Baker Eddy tells us in her Message to The Mother Church for 1902 (p. 8), "The life of Christ Jesus, his words and his deeds, demonstrate Love." Hence in Jesus' life we find clear evidence of the true nature of love.

Now how did Jesus love? By healing and blessing his fellow men. Jesus' tender affection for those who were fearful or ignorant victims of the beliefs of heredity, false theology, sin, and sickness is plainly seen in the accounts of his healings. His compassionate restoration from death of the son of the widow of Nain and his blameless mercy in restoring the sight of the man born blind are examples which indicate that his expression of Love was tender, affectionate, compassionate, and merciful.

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