Fruit of the Spirit - Love--Why are we looking at this----- Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, -Brood of vipers- Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come- Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.---Luke 3-7-9---We have seen in earlier sermon that whenever the Scripture talks about fruits, it is about Christ likeness because of our new birth - sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.-------Love- - Sense of deep influence and attachment to something or someone.---Greek has many words to describe different kind of love, the one used in Galatians 5-22 is Agape.-------- agape -agapao -Noun--- To esteem, love, indicating a direction of the will and finding one's joy in something or someone.---Regarding agape, the opposite sense would be ----------------Example of Agape love would be to look toward the example set by our Triune God.----------Characteristics of love -seen in Jesus Christ---1.-----2.-----3.-----4.-----5.-------Summary and Applications-