-So, what is the greatest love? Is it sex? No. Is it emotional? No. Is it marriage? No. According to Jesus, the greatest love has nothing to do with these things. Jesus said, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). This means that the greatest kind of love that anyone could have for another being would be to die for the sake of his/her friend.

-To most of us, it does not directly apply in its most literal sense, but when "die" or "lay down his life" is used in a symbolic sense, it means to put others' lives before oneself. However, the most literal sense would be the greater of the two actions. Jesus did this. He not only did it for those who were his current friends, but for everyone, because he saw that everyone has the potential to be his friend, or for his Father to “adopt” us. Ephesians 1:4-7 explains this well. Here is the verse if you wish to study it. “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will -- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.”

Happy Valentines Day!