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The Man In Love
This same love is an attribute of the fruit of the Spirit of God. In Galatians 5:22-23, love is noted as the first key attribute of the fruit that the Spirit of God produces in the sons of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
When this is considered in the context of what Jesus said about his Father in John 15:1-2, 8 it will be understood that the Father seeks only those who have fruit in their lives, of which love is predominant.
I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ...... By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
John 15:1-2, 8
That means we must commit to a walk in love if we hope the Father to say concerning us ‘well done, though good and faithful servant.’ The fruit of love will glorify the Father and show that we are Christ’s disciples.
This love requirement is not new. Jesus summed it up as well in John 13:34 when he said,
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