Love vs. Selfishness

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Love: "To have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them or to feel great affection for a friend or person in your family" is Love. (Cambridge Advance Learner's Dictionary)

Selfishness: "Thinking of only one self is Selfishness". To be selfish is to always be putting your-self first in front of everything else. But to love is the opposite of that - to live for others all the way! Is this something that comes naturally to us or is this something that we need help on?

What does the Bible teach? The Bible demands of the love to others by us as we love ourselves (Luke 9:10:27). Bible also teaches to not greed of others (Ex.21:17). Does the Bible concerns more on love? Yes! It is very clearly stated. Its patient, it’s kind, it does not seek its own - in other words, true love is totally selfless.

by Mr. Prem N. Bhattarai

Hi, its Prem; I have served for a decade in youth ministry organizations such as Neepal Baptist Youth Fellowship as Secretary for number of years and Guiding Youth Ministry Movement for about 2 years. I am from Shaktisali Baptist Church, where I have been serving as pastor for over 7 years.

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