The pattern and characteristics of love that God has shown through Jesus Christ is to become that quality of love the believer acts upon in their walk with the Lord. The new inner nature is manifested in speech, attitude, and actions of the believer who being new separates from the old way of life so as not to be influenced by it. A warning is sounded concerning the deceptive nature of the words and ways of the unbeliever that are to be avoided as the sinfulness of the former way of life is no longer in practice.
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Gil Rugh
Walk in Love Indian Hills Community Church Sunday - AM
“ Love is the greatest attribute! ” Gil looked at Gal. 5:22 and so did Scofield. ☛
Schofield reference notes, 1917 edition
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Ephesians 5:25
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¶even as Christ
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Christ's love-work for the church is threefold: past, present, future:
(1) For love He gave Himself to redeem the church (Ephesians 5:25);
(2) in love He is sanctifying the church (Ephesians 5:26);
(3) for the reward of His sacrifice and labour of love He will present the church to Himself in flawless perfection, "one pearl of great price" (Ephesians 5:27) Matthew 13:46.
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Galatians 5:22
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¶But the fruit
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Christian character is not mere moral or legal correctness, but the possession and manifestation of nine graces: love, joy, peace--character as an inward state; longsuffering, gentleness, goodness--character in expression toward man; faith, meekness, temperance-- character in expression toward God. Taken together they present a moral portrait of Christ, and may be taken as the apostle's explanation of Galatians 2:20 "Not I, but Christ," and as a definition of "fruit" in John 15:1-8 This character is possible because of the believer's vital union to Christ ; John 15:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12,13 and is wholly the fruit of the Spirit in those believers who are yielded to Him. Galatians 5:22,23.
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
