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Note 6 at Colossians 1:4: One of the visible fruits of faith is love. Paul stated, “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love” (Galatians 5:6)
John Wesley (1703-1791), the primary figure in and founder of Methodism in the eighteenth century believed that love, not faith became the final goal of our salvation. Faith is the “handmaid of love...
Biblical faith, for Wesley, is so entangled with love...that it does not exist without [it]...
Note 6 at Colossians 1:4: One of the visible fruits of faith is love.
Paul stated, “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything
nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love” (Galatians 5:6) to
love with the love of God Himself shed abroad in the heart by the
indwelling Holy Spirit. In his ‘Plain Account,’
Wesley summarized freedom as ‘nothing higher and nothing lower than this...love governing the heart and life, through all our tempers, words, and actions’” (Five Views on Sanctification, Zondervan Publishing; brackets mine).
Christ’s love not only brings people to Himself (Romans 2:4), but it is the force that reaches out to others (1 John 4:20). Paul thanked God for the love that the Colossians had shown to each other. “True saving faith is more than a conviction of the mind. It transforms the heart to love”
(MacArthur New Testament Commentary, Volume 12, p. 19).
Note on Colossians 1:4
Faith and love go hand in hand. Galatians 5:6 says faith works by love. If there isn’t genuine love, then it’s not genuine faith.
Notice that Paul heard of the Colossian's faith and love. This means these people were not direct converts of Paul’s. It’s probable that Epaphras (Colossians 1:7) was a convert of Paul’s in Ephesus and then Epaphras evangelized those who lived in Colosse.
Andrew Wommack's Living Commentary.
Wesley summarized freedom as ‘nothing higher and nothing lower than this...love governing the heart and life, through all our tempers, words, and actions’” (Five Views on Sanctification, Zondervan Publishing; brackets mine).
Christ’s love not only brings people to Himself (Romans 2:4), but it is the force that reaches out to others (1 John 4:20). Paul thanked God for the love that the Colossians had shown to each other. “True saving faith is more than a conviction of the mind. It transforms the heart to love”
(MacArthur New Testament Commentary, Volume 12, p. 19).
Note on Colossians 1:4
Faith and love go hand in hand. Galatians 5:6 says faith works by love. If there isn’t genuine love, then it’s not genuine faith.
Notice that Paul heard of the Colossian's faith and love. This means these people were not direct converts of Paul’s. It’s probable that Epaphras (Colossians 1:7) was a convert of Paul’s in Ephesus and then Epaphras evangelized those who lived in Colosse.
Andrew Wommack's Living Commentary.
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