Love like music is so simple, a child can understand it.

Its combinations are so infinite,

a lifetime could never begin to exhaust its possibilities.

It is a comprehensive grace that includes everything there is in terms of Christian living.

It is possible to fulfill the law.

The only way is through love.

Welcome to Grace to you with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

There's nothing wrong with an extravagant Valentine's Day surprise to show your sweetheart how much you care.

But love isn't just a once-a-year thing.

It's a daily giving of yourself.

No one demonstrated that more than Jesus Christ.

John MacArthur looks to the Lord's example today as he continues his series

called Love No Matter What. But before we get started, in this series, John has had a lot to say

about loving your enemies, and one of the points he made could be summarized this way.

If you love only the people who agree with you and think like you and belong to your

group, how is that praiseworthy? With that thought in mind, we once asked John what it should look

like for Christians to show love to people who may have differing views on cultural trends or

social causes or politics or whatever,

particularly if those people are in your own church. And here's what John said about loving

others no matter what in those situations. Well, I think it's the same in any situation.

Love is not sort of a private emotion. I mean, there's really no value to

another person in you feeling loving. I mean, it's nice if you feel that way because you won't be

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