Galatians 5:6 … Only through Love (10/18/16)
“The only thing that counts is Faith made effective through Love.” ~ Paul (Galatians 5:6)
I include this verse in this series not only because of the Truths it exudes (i.e. the Truth that one’s faith in God &/or Goodness means nothing without the believer actively emulating the same; the Truth that acts of selfless Love are the only true Faith — and the Truth that true Faith is nothing more than the humble, empathy-rich foundation of every act of selfless Love), but also because it is Paul who did the sharing thereof – Paul, the faux-prophet who spent so much time directly & drastically contradicting the teachings of the man he so wished to honor; Paul, the man who – so unlike “his savior” Jesus Christ – spent so much time telling others that works meant essentially nothing; that it was only a passive, self-centered, intellectual faith in Jesus as the only Son of God that counted.
And indeed how wonderful it is that even a man as flawed (and indeed as apparently clueless) as Paul could stumble upon the Truth in verses like these sprinkled throughout his letters – and how wonderful that even a man so steeped in fear and judgment and self-loathing could even unwittingly cast an untainted glimpse upon the Truth of raw, unadulterated, unconditional Love; Love, the courageous verb … Love, the selfless giving … Love, the willing sacrifice … LOVE, the foundation of any & all real Faith!
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