of the Spirit in Galatians 5?” (I could go on.) My conclusion is that what God most requires of us and most wants us to manifest in all our relationships (including with our enemies) is that which most characterizes the very nature of God—love. Most of us are familiar with 1 John 4:8 and 16, which states unequivocally, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.… Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” That seems to be clear enough, but what happens when we make “God
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