Nothing Substitutes for Love

As we move into July - after having focused on unity of the body during June - we want to talk about the attitude that undergirds it. And just as the unity we experience is not a product of human creation... So is love - it is produced within us through our surrender to the Spirit. As we work to empty ourselves of our self, the Spirit through His ongoing work of transformation adds it into our life. It is an absolute necessity we surrender to the Spirit. We must not diminish or downplay any teaching on love. It is an essential. It is a basic matter of Christian doctrine. It should not be cast into the light of being soft, feel-good preaching, or cast under suspicion as pursuing an agenda of error. Nothing substitutes for love.