As I read through the Bible, I’ve come to the conclusion that God is more concerned about what we are than what we can do. He is actively at work in our lives and His great desire and purpose is to change us from the inside out.
In Galatians chapter five He lists the fruit that He is working to produce in each one of our lives. The first quality on that list is “love.” This is so basic to our identity as Christians. Jesus said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). Without a practical demonstration of Christian love our Christianity is useless and meaningless to the rest of the world.
A popular song begins with the words, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love… It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” Do you believe that? You probably do. But what the world doesn’t need is the phony, conditional love presented to us by Hollywood. What the world, the church, and every marriage needs is Biblical love which is the fruit of the Spirit.
Two words go together in Scripture to demonstrate the love of Christ: the words “loved” and “gave.” Paul talks in Galatians 2:20 about “the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Ephesians 5:2 exhorts us to “walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us…” That is the love which we are to have for one another.
Paul uses the Greek word agape. It’s the highest form of love. The world’s love is always object oriented. The person is loved because she’s pretty or because he’s got lots of money; but the moment a person loses that quality, the love based on that quality disappears. But agape love isn’t like that. It gives and it gives sacrificially.
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Husbands especially are commanded to love their wives. Ask the Lord to show you how you can demonstrate love to your spouse and family today by serving them and meeting their needs, at the expense of your own time and effort.
Of a particular Christian it was said, “He gave away his life in handfuls.” That’s Biblical love!
Morris Hull
Home Life Ministries
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