"Charity (love) never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away" (1 Corinthians 13:8). The love of God for humanity is unconditional. He loved us even when we were unlovable. God always loves us regardless of one’s condition. It is love that made God to give His only begotten Son for the salvation of the world. Through this love, Christ "endure the cross, despising the shame. And in 1 John 4:8 the Bible says God is love. The attribute of God is love; this is the true love of God that overflows from a pure heart. “God loves us. God loves us so much He sent His Son in the world to die on the cross to provide an atonement for sin.” God does not love us because we’re so lovable. we are not, we are despicable, vile sinners, who, if we are not saved by the grace of God, will be thrown on the trash heap of eternal damnation in hell.
There is that love of God that Scripture clearly shows us is general, unconditional, universal, unlimited, indiscriminate, and that it extends to all people in all times. It is what Titus 3:4 refers to as God’s love for mankind. This love is God’s way of showing Himself to man through man. Love is more action than words. In other words, Love is seen in actions, words, and even in facial expressions. If we claim to love God whom we don’t see, we can equally love men whom we see. To live is to love, to love is to live.
Love makes life worth living. Loving people genuinely is a selfless act. Love is the first and the greatest commandment. As true followers of Christ, true love of God builds homes and sustains marriages and other relationships. Love does not delight in fault-finding, resentful, and criticisms because "love cover the multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8). Lack of this true love of God in the heart leads to tragedies like jealousy, animosity, hatred, divorce, murder, suicide, war, and so on. Love is not lust, which leads to sensual, unclean behaviors, and practices that bring God's judgment (Ephesians 5:2-7).
It is very important to know that you can not have the true love of God without genuine salvation from sin. Our hearts must be regenerated and be made pure because the heart of man is the engine of the soul that generates all thought, desire, emotion, and action. When we become born again, our heart is filled with the love of God. This love is the first fruit of the Spirit that anchors the other virtues we possess at salvation. In Galatians 5: 22-23 (KJV), "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law". Love is pure, incorruptible, and harmless in thought, disposition, intention, feeling, action, attitude, disposition, and response. "For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: " (1 Peter 2:21). Therefore, let us follow the steps of Christ and love like him.