Galatians 5:22-23, talked about Fruit of Spirit. They are 9 of them - Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control. Today service started with 'Love'. Love is not what we can get out of others, love is 'action', not 'feeling'. We need to bear fruit, put in effort for love.
The Primacy of Love
Love must be first and foremost
Love God, Love Yourself, Love your neighbour
Love (First) must be regained
Love must be balanced by justice, opposed to the world
Biblical definition of LOVE ( in greek words)
Ero - the world focus on this kind of love ( selfish love, turn inward, negativity )
Phileo - the church focus on this kind of love ( mutual affection/attraction, share same faith, cultivate brotherly love )
Agape - the kind of love that God wants us to focus on
The Profile of Love
1. Love is Positive
2. Love is Others-centered
3. Love is Unconditional
4. Love is Selfless ( practical and not with sweet promises )
5. Love is Profoundly simple
6. Love is Being vulnerable
The Permanence of Love
a. Love never gives up
b. Love is loyal
c. Learn to treasure LOVE
"To love is to take risks, to expose our hearts. Sometimes it hurts, it hurt Christ, but he kept on loving even though it cost him his life"
Love - it takes time to bear fruit, it is meant to be enjoyed, not just looked at, it is god-kind of love that we are to bear !
'The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost' by G.K.Chesterton
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Love....the most important element of God's people.
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