A loveless goodness, an orthodoxy without charity, a profession without practice, all make for a questionable faith . And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. Faith is not passive . . The Colossians showed the reality of their faith because they not only professed faith . . .
Christian love is unique, it is characterized by, a sense of family.
It is certainly true that we should never refer to the church as they it should always be we . Our love is anchored in the fact that we are related to each other in Christ. seeing another person not for who they are . . . We understand how radically God can change a life. We know what God can do because He has begun that process in us. This is different from the way of the world.