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By C. SUMNER WEMP
A spiritual Christian is not a neg ative person who has quit this and that. Lots of people give up cer tain habits but that does not mean that they are necessarily spiritual. The real measure is not what we do not do, but positively what we perform. LOVE The first proof of one's spiritual ity is whether or not he is bearing fruit of the Holy Spirit. The primary result according to this listing is love. This does not refer to that which is cheap and sentimental. So much that is sexual and sensual today goes by the mistaken name of love. How far such things are from God's true standards. There is a deep heart-felt devotion and
love for one another Cod wants us to experience. Our motive is not what we can get out of someone else, but what we can do to show our concern and interest in them. Such is selfless and genuine. It cannot be manufactured but is tru ly a gift from the Lord. Romans 5:5 reminds us, "The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit." The Lord knows all of our failures and faults. Before we ever came to Christ, God commended His love toward us. It is so perfectly revealed in our Saviour's atonement for our sins on Calvary's cross. This is the kind of love we are to have for others; even for the unlovely. The only way we can get it is to allow the Holy Spirit to produce it in us. Page 17
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