Love as a fruit of the Spirit is not only about how we treat all people made in God’s image—it also has a particular shape in the way believers treat one another. In this episode, Krisan Marotta explores the special bond Scripture describes between followers of Jesus, showing how our attitude toward other believers reveals what we truly think of Christ, His gospel, and our shared hope.
In this week’s episode, we explore:
- How Galatians 5 connects the fruit of the Spirit to real moral transformation, not to personality traits or instant spiritual experiences
- Why love is rooted in seeing our essential equality before God—equally created, equally guilty, and equally in need of grace
- Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 10 that receiving His apostles and His people is ultimately receiving Him, and how that shapes our view of fellow believers
- What Jesus means in John 13:34–35 when He says the world will recognize His disciples by their love for one another—not by a “glow,” but by concrete, sacrificial care
- How the “sheep and goats” scene in Matthew 25 shows that serving “the least of these my brothers” is really expressing love for Jesus Himself
- Paul’s descriptions in Ephesians 1 and Colossians 1 of faith in Christ and love for all the saints as twin evidences of genuine hope in the gospel
- Peter’s call in 1 Peter 1:22–23 to love one another earnestly from a pure heart as the outworking of new birth and obedience to the truth
After listening, you’ll see more clearly how love for other believers is not an optional “extra,” but one of the clearest fruits of the Spirit and signs of real faith.
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
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