Love is not mere emotion, though the world reduces it to feelings, desires, preferences, and physical attraction. Popular songs, poems, and movies treat love as a temporary madness, a fleeting, blind, or painful sensation that one falls into like a trap, and some even use it to justify lying, infidelity, or breaking God's commandments. Satan, the old deluder, has expanded, adulterated, and watered down the meaning of love so that it no longer reflects the divine nature. John's word agape, which defines God's nature, has little to do with this worldly concept. Even mainstream faith-based charities, whose good works deserve respect, tend to reduce love to an emotional experience heightened by doing good; the test is whether volunteers would keep serving if their efforts were not rewarded with a strong sense of emotional well-being. The self-love movement carries the error further by teaching that love begins with loving oneself, reversing love's true direction from outward to inward. Following the carnal nature and deceitful heart this way leads to the conclusion that self-love outranks love for God. True love is instead a selfless, outgoing, unifying attribute of God, shown in obedience to His commandments and in giving to others whether or not it feels good.