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Col.3:14 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Many Christian's see Paul's words here in an abstract way like someone one does a job on earth, while attending a religious meetings, or putting on the airs of being a “Christian” when need be, but is that the meaning of Paul's words here?

2 Corinthians 4:2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

No! Christ is a living person with great power, and authority, but such authority and power Paul did not say we have received from the Might King Christ Jesus. What Paul said here is when we are richly filled with Christ life, not our own, and not an act of being religious, but filled with the life and power of Christ and his personality we walk in love! In other words, we received the life of the vine in us as a branch and produce the fruits of vines life, which identify us as his fruits.

John 15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
15:2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
15:5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Many Christian's walk in a constant state of gaining knowledge being filled with the latest knowledge, feeling very inadequate without it, but love, not so much, peace well? Not so good either! You see, the identifying mark of Christ is love, but do you know why? To be in Christ, and filled with his life is the key to understanding God by the love of Christ. Peace of God comes from the love of God, who is love, peace cannot come without love. So in a world filled with knowledge as a god, and many searching for it as the identifying mark of Christ they become a clashing sound, like cymbals having nobody else they can harmonize with for preaching at you with some knowledge.

1Cor.13:1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing. 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

The real truth cannot be lost, because it is found in love the personality of Christ and his Father YHWH. Truth has never been lost, because it exist forever in the God of love which love make him the truth. Hence, as mankind scrambles in their attempts to understand God, basicly for God to cover every bases of their lack of love for God and others by what the bible calls falsely called knowledge, false knowledge because without love one does not have the truth of the Spirit that gives wisdom and understanding to us. The world is not lacking in knowledge or know it all's, it lacks what must come from above love from the Spirit of the God of love!

1 John 4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

1 John 4:16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

The fundamental truth of God is he gives us his love, which compels us to love each other from his Spirit which gives us truth, so we can walk in love by being filled with the life of Christ. When we can do that we will have truth, and wisdom from our knowledge given us by God. We than have peace given us by God, without fear, because faith is trusting someone we love. Falsely called knowledge is for protection in making sure the legal contract with an invisible God has no loop holes so we don't get caught in a situation that cost us our eternal lives, but such is not God's love found in Christ.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Cor.13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, 13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
13:6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

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