Philippians 1:9-11–"And it is my prayer that your love would abound more and more, with knowledge and discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God."
There is so much to this verse, a level of theological depth that is simply remarkable. Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, is exhorting the believers in Philippi that love, while being central to the Christian experience, is not the end point but the starting point which all Christianity is based upon. It is as if love is meant to be supplemented with knowledge and discernment in order that love would become pure and blameless, and so bear the fruit of Christ. And this is all for the glory and praise to God.
Thus we should not assume that love is enough on its own, for if love is not bringing glory to the One who is love, then we are not truly loving as God has intended. Let us then pray as Paul prayed, that we our love would abound more and more tot he glory and praise of God!
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