Micah J. Sturm

Wesleyan scholar Dr Mildred Bangs Wynkoop wrote, “A life of sin follows the loss of faith in God because unbelief kills love…and love and obedience are what holiness is”

(Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology, 67).

If ‘unbelief kills love,’ then I conclude that LOVE KILLS SIN!

Paul preached it this way,

“And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24, ESV).

So, true love takes it all to the cross.

We know what happens after the cross—life!

The fruit of the Spirit is singular—LOVE.

Sourness dies so LOVE can sing joyfully!

Drama dies so LOVE can rest peacefully!

Restlessness dies so LOVE can endure patiently!

Rudeness dies so LOVE can share kindly!

Hatefulness dies so LOVE can give goodness!

Inconsistency dies so LOVE can create faithfulness!

Harshness dies so LOVE handles gently!

Self-centeredness dies so LOVE is in control!

“…because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (Romans 5:5, ESV)!

May each believer find the reality that perfect love provides the death to sin and makes holiness the theme of our lives.