love the greatest fruit of spirit

8/2/2019 Love the Greatest Fruit of Spirit

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Love the greatest fruit of spirit

Oyelami B O

reetings brethren, my sisters and brothers in Christ. The Feast of love is around in ourmist again another milestone in the body of Christ. Love as we all know is one of the

eight fruit of spirit as Galatians 5:22-23 pointed out. Paul in his Epistles to the

Corinthians Church in 1 Corinthians 13:13 pinpointed Love to be the greatest of the eight fruit ofspirit .In fact, we can say no mistake is committed if love is described as fruit containing seeds-

the other seven fruit of spirit.

Love is a topic every thirsty mind seeks to have sipped of. There are several kinds of love we

will discuss two kinds that is, love that exists between man to man especially opposite sex. The

other one is the bond of love between God and man with Jesus Christ as rendezvous as found in

John 3:16.

The question is what is love? Our answer will be given in two ways, one Biblical and other

scientific in nature. The term love in science in her glory says it is physio-chemical processwhich produces a warm sensation chemically in human beings This scientific definition is not

convincing to me. I find it hard to be belief it, for example; one may ask what kind of physical

process is responsible for envy, hatred and enjoyment? or perhaps the same process?

In English there is only one word for Love, whereas, in Greek there are seven. The New

Testament mentioned only two the Phila and Agape. Phila is the affection or fondness for

another as friendship such as having soft sport for each other especially opposite sex. This kindof love is limited and inconsistent.

Agape is Gods perfect love, unlimited love Christ like love in its highest manifestation in man

and it comes as a result spirit of God in man. Eros is physical or sensual love for instancesomeone loves football or drinking wine.

John Benton says love is the reflection of characters of God who made the universe When weact and care for other out of love, there is a real sense in which our actions are coming close to

God .Love he concluded is Gods pattern for society Love is none other than the essence of the

makers instruction!Agape is self-sacrificing gives rise to phile and R.H. Baxter sees love as the essence of the divine

author of life God in man that permeates the whole life.

Love from all that are discussed above is not having sex even though it is necessary forprocreation which God has ordained. But obedient to His word and reflecting His character to

other who need assistance and need some to care for them as God does to mankind. Love It is

not an instrument for brothers to set trap for sisters to have premarital sex or extramarital sex

with then; break their hearts and dump them later. Love should not be a tool sisters shouldemploy in exploiting brothers to make money or sell their bodies to shareholders in their sin

company.

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Sometimes ago, a youth Corper was asked to give an evaluative account of the success of theNational Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme in Nigeria. He said, if NYSC if successful it is the

area of bring male and female folks together for wedlock. There is no doubt the young Corper

thought about phila love.

I had an encounter with a fellow corper at the Yilpkata orientation camp in Ilorin on 16

December 1988.We spent the night discussing love, the phila to be specific. According to him

love is utopia, abstract nonexistent phenomenon. In his own view the corner stone of definitionof love are: it must not be base on material value of the parties; never on beauty of physical

appearance and personality profile. It must not fade away nor die. Hence he concluded love

does not exist because no couple falls into love without at least of the qualities or variables statedabove not coming into play.

Furthermore, in my response I told him love exists it dwells in the hearts. It is the spirit of God

who covertly manifests it out. There got to be starting point for a relation but we must always

return to God to help us to make genuine and good Love relationships. My advised to youth is totake advice from men of God and read the word of God concerning marriage.

Let us prayerfully open our Bible to 1 Corinthians 13:1-13:

The Bible talks of Love being greater than Faith, a key to the Bible and without it we receivenothing. In Romans 5:2, we are told .by Faith we shall assess into glory .This love spoken of

being greater than knowledge, a martyrdom of trust for Jesus. Yet Paul says Christians must

desire it .In the passage, love was said to be the greater than prophesy and the gift of tongue. Yet

the same Paul says But he that prophesied speaketh unto men to edification and exhortation andcomfort. But he who speaketh in an unknown tongue edified himself, but he that prophesied

edifies the Church (1 Corinthians 13:3-4).

There is no doubt Paul was speaking of Agape love not a kind of human love (Phila) which islimited and inconstitient.Gods love is shown through the birth, life and death of our Lord Jesus

.Gods love to man comes to us as a result of salvation. The baptism by Holy Spirit causes a

greater outflow of Gods Love, as long as the person is abiding in Christ and working in theSpirit.

Love in the New Testament was said to edify us spiritually, knowledge puff-off but love edifies.We must love God first (Deuteronomy 6:5) and then one another as our Lord Jesus said Love

your neighbour as yourself this the golden rule. Peter says Brethren, see that ye love one

another with pure heart fervently (1 Peter 1:22 KJV).Brother love your sister and sister love

your brother. Love your enemy .There is nothing greater than love .God loves us by give us Hisonly son, Jesus Christ. He gives us breath of life, the rain, the sun and the moon for our

continuous survival.

The love between a brother and a sister must not be like that of fowl and butcher neither must it

be like that of a banker to her customers. The banker is always interested in money!


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Love is something we must celebrate and demonstrate every day not only on Valentine,

Christmas and Easter days but also on daily basis.May God give us understanding of His word, Amen?

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