Fruit of the spirit (love)
Love is the key to the fruit of the spirit.
All other fruits can only be produced after love is produced.
The Human being was made by God with love.
The Christian is a product of love: love is spread abroad from his heart.
In fact God is love.
What is love.
Love is that worth , feeling and action you have towards someone or people that makes them indispensable to you.
Love is not just a noun. It is a verb. It is an action word.
This is the pattern for a Christian.
- God love man
- Man love God
- Man love his neighbours
- Man like other creatures...
God is the origin of love. God is LOVE
The fact that God love man is already established. For all that is known about God is centred on love.
We love God because he first love us.
Your love for God can only be displayed by your love for your neighbour.
One of the key action of love is GIVING...
IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO GIVE WITHOUT LOVE.
BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOVE WITHOUT GIVING.
Your gift is a measure of your love.
( John 3:16- For God so loved the world that he gave his only son....)
Love is not based on conditions: Because of what he did or didn't do.
We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first. If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both. ( 1John 4: 19-21)
Nevertheless , love does not make you stupid or naive.
It is different from lust, etc..
The law is summarised as:
Love your neighbour as yourself.