How Saints Walk in Love?

 

How Saints Walk in Love?

Ephesians 5:2 "And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."

Ephesians 3:17-19 "So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

1 John 4:8 "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."

1 John 4:16 "God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them."

Ephesians 5:8-9 "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)."

 

Main Aspect	Meaning	Methods	Examples	Application	Biblical Texts
Walking in Intimate Relationship with God	Living in the Father's love, enjoying His grace and love	1. Continuously draw near to God 2. Be sensitive to God's feelings 3. Live in His tender love	- Daily prayer - Meditation on Scripture - Surrendering to God's guidance	- Cultivate spiritual sensitivity - Establish intimate devotional life - Respond to God with love	1 John 3:1 "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him."
Christ's Divine Love	Immersed in God's love, emulating Christ's love	1. Experience God's love 2. Know Christ's love 3. Grow in love	- Forgive others - Love unconditionally - Serve sacrificially	- Imitate Christ's self-sacrifice - Manifest love in relationships - Build spiritual life	Ephesians 4:15-16 "Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."
Becoming Children of Love	Inherit God's nature, live out God's love	1. Be reborn 2. Imitate God's essence 3. Become a manifestation of love	- Care for the vulnerable - Give selflessly - Love enemies	- Practice love in life - Become a channel of God's love - Testify to God's nature
Children of Light	Living in spiritual light	1. Unite with God 2. Walk in the light 3. Produce the fruit of light	- Be honest - Practice righteousness - Be transparent	- Reveal truth in life - Become a light to the world - Glorify God	Matthew 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden."

 

Key Principles of Spiritual Growth:

1.      Continuously experience God's love

2.      Emulate Christ's life

3.      Grow in love

4.      Become a manifestation of God's love

5.      Live as children of light

 

*Please refer to the July 2024 Anaheim, California, USA training Experiencing, Enjoying and Manifesting Christ (II) Week 23 God’s Children Walk in Love and Light