The Fruit of the Spirit

Today's devotion teach me personally that we cannot say we love someone if we were not be born again of the Spirit of God. Simply because GOD is LOVE. Well, Paul clearly explained what love is in 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. There is nothing evil in love. Love covers all. Love conquers all. Love always wins. 

Love is a capacity that we receive from the Holy Spirit, who pours the love of God into our hearts. It is, therefore, the expression, or fruit, of a person who has been born of the Spirit. Paul listed it as the first fruit of the Spirit, writing, ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law’. Paul commended the Christians in Colossae for this expression of the love of God, having been informed by Epaphras of their ‘love in the Spirit’.

John said that we know that we are ‘of God’ because we love one another. To be ‘of God’ is to have received the divine nature. This is evident in our culture, or the way that we live in fellowship with one another as sons of God. This fellowship is not a state of association based on a common ideal, but is demonstrated as we give to one another according to our unique name and grace. We note from the teachings of Paul, that our sanctification is an essential element of the expression of the love of God.

In this regard, we recall that the Holy Spirit who pours the love of God into our hearts, is also the Spirit of sanctification. The love of God cannot be expressed through a projection of something other than who we were named to be in Christ. This would be a lie. The Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of truth, guards against this, and is unyielding in His preservation of fellowship in truth. We note, for example, that it was the Holy Spirit who killed Ananias and his wife Sapphira, when they lied about the offering that they were making. This incident reminds us of the jealousy of God which is an inherent dimension of the fire of His love.

Rom 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Gal 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.


Col 1:7-8Just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, (8) and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit.


1Jn 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.


Act 5:5, 10(5) And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.(10) And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.


1Pe 1:2According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.

Selling All

Here is what wrote to my notes, not literally a diary for your information by the way.

I said..

Lord, I woke up this this morning with a pair hardly sleepy eyes. I never thought I would be get “into” such a community and stuff. I call them “great people”. And they all are. I mean it. But here is what that came up to my mind while I was sitting in the same “Sunday School” room with them.. that at least, they have seen the outcome of what they are doing. I mean, look at them! They can do great things. Yes, they’ve got their “names” in “marketplace”. And what is mine? I haven’t seen anything yet related to my name. Yes, I really grateful for having experience in social media life even when I was in junior high school. Had get along with people around the world because of ONE MIGHTY NAME of YOURS. Geez! That's why I never stop stand in awe of You. You are awesome, Lord.

But I do realize and keep believing that everything works for my good in its time. And all the good and perfect things come from above.

One thing I learned. Being into a community and participate in everything of its projects are amazing. You have the same vision. Especially when you are in the community that have a heart to love God and want offer everything they could for this generation. 

Same like when we sell all to follow Christ, we let go of our dreams and self sourced aspirations so that we can be joined to Christ and our brethren. Importantly, for some people, ‘selling all’ is not just letting go of the pursuit of worldly wealth. It can also mean letting go of past hurts and unfulfilled expectations of life that prevent us from being yoked to Christ and joined to others in the body of Christ. 

All of us will experience situations that require us to choose what we treasure most. We will be caused to consider how much we love the blessing of God’s life, and must answer the questions, ‘What is it worth to me? What other treasures, aspirations, expectations, hurts, disappointments, do I need to let go of, or sell, to have eternal life?’ This crisis does not need to be a difficult one, but we still have to count the cost of following Christ. We can be encouraged that the grace of God is available to us in each season of decision.

Christ is the way, the truth and the life, in relation to each crisis that we will experience as a son of God. Specifically, He has invited us to a fellowship with Him, which is a baptismal service, a Passover meal, and a prayer meeting. These aspects of our fellowship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in Christ, will have specific and daily implications for the way that we live and walk each day as a son of God. Baptism, communion, and praying in the Holy Spirit, join us to a process through which we are delivered from our ‘other law’, die to living for ourselves, and follow Christ on the narrow and difficult way that leads to eternal life. By this means, we are able to become all that God predestined us to be when He desired to make us in His IMAGE and after His LIKENESS.