Love - the loudest testimony
There is one character trait which is evidence of being born of God - love. It is impossible for a man or woman to be a child of God and not love, for where God dwells, there is love. There is something we can glean from examining God's love for us - his sacrificial, pursuing, and purposeful love. If we are honest, if God had not pursued us, we'd probably still be doing our own thing! Love pursues what it sets its heart on - God set his heart upon us and therefore, he has pursued us since he made us! His love is also sacrificial and purposeful - there is nothing quite like the sacrifice he paid for our sins - his dear Son. There is an "aim" to his love - us. Therefore, his love is purposeful, for purpose suggests intent and aim. So, these three characteristics of God's love bespeak of some elements of heart response, choices of the mind, and actions of the spirit, don't they? Maybe this is what love is really like when we come to underst...