The Chief Evidence of Grace is Love

The Ultimate Freedom is the Freedom to Love God and others.

LOVE = “Acting in the best interest of OTHERS”!  (1 Cor 13) 

LOVE is always First about OTHERS! No more performance based living with the focus always on me, now we are free to productive, fruit-producing, grace-filled living. (Galatians 5:1-26)

How can that BE? In a world that revolves around ME, how can others come first? Because God has taken care of me. I am His son. I am loved. (See Galatians 3:26-4:7) SO now that is done and settled, I am free to love YOU! Concentrate on You!  

SO The chief evidence that The Gospel is operative in us is that we are LOVING. The profound truth is that THE Fruit of the Spirit is relational and moral. The Spirit’s fullness is marked by healthy growing relationships with God and others!! The Christian focus should NOT be about supernatural Gifts!! Watch and see if when the focus is on the Gifts, then it is still not just about ME?!! The Gifts are giving so that OTHERS might be Built up! Warning: This should not lead us to diminish the gifts!! We must understand they are given to us to build up OTHERS!! If they are not being used to build up others in love, then we can determine they are not gifts from God through the work of His Spirit!! This is the truth! J

AND Watch this: Although the main evidence of being filled with the Spirit might not be in supernatural gifts, it does not diminish how powerful and miraculous is the Spirits power! This is evidenced in the fact that we can put a man on the moon, but we cannot get along with our neighbor!! :-)  We need God’s enabling to love one another!! The Spirit Enables Us to Produce the Fruit of love which issues into a changed life and healthy relationships. It is not law on the outside, but LOVE on the inside that makes the difference. We need an enabling power within, that changes our focus from me to others! This is the powerful work of God! J ONLY God can shift the focus from me to others! That’s what Grace Does!

Now grace filled, we are free to love and serve others! No more conceit and vain glory. No more comparing and competing for worth and value. No more deceiving no one but ourselves. (Gal 5:25-6:5) Now free to love and carry others burdens, restoring others in Love.

You be the judge on your activities and efforts, especially religious activities. What "fruit" is being produced in your life? Rules and regulations or love? Comparing and competing or serving and caring for others?

The chief Evidence of Grace is love...