October 16, 2022
What matters most?
Answer: Becoming matters most of all.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22–25 (NASB 1995)
The idea:
What matters most is that love completely transforms who you are.
This only happens when you are loved so completely that it changes you.
How Love Changes You.
What you think love is must change
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love …"
Galatians 5:22
Definition:
Agape is an act of self-sacrifice for the highest good of another, no matter how you feel about the person.
Qualities:
"4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails; "
1 Corinthians 13:4–8 (NASB 1995)
Substance:
"Jesus … got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself. Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. "
John 13:3-5 (NASB 1995)
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