Love is Fruit, Not a Root

Here is something i'll be meditating on for a while and thought i'd share:

“I once knew a good woman who was the subject of many doubts, and when I got to the bottom of her doubt, it was this: she knew she loved Christ, but she was afraid he did not love her. “Oh!” I said, “that is a doubt that will never trouble me; never, by any possibility, because I am sure of this, that the heart is so corrupt, naturally, that love to God never did get there without God’s putting it there.” You may rest quite certain, that if you love God, it is a fruit, and not a root. It is the fruit of God’s love to you, and did not get there by the force of any goodness in you. You may conclude, with absolute certainty, that God loves you if you love God.”

Charles H. Spurgeon

Illuminating Galatians 4:1-7


A wonderful sermon by C.J. Mahaney that i totally recommend is, God as Father: Understanding the Doctrine of Adoption and can be found at Resolved.com.