No Law

Galatians 5:22,23

 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law."

If a Christian incorporates all of the fruits of the Spirit into his life for the purpose of glorifying God, then there is no law which can condemn him. He has already claimed the righteousness of Christ in salvation, so he is accepted before God. He puts the needs of family, friends, and coworkers before his own, so no one can accuse him of selfishness or hate. Finally, he commits no crime against another because of the testimony that he wishes to live out for the sake of Christ.

These virtues encompass who Christ is and what He wishes for His people. He desires that love, purity, and goodness would unify His people into a pure and harmonious church so that they will be able to serve Him to the utmost of their personal and group abilities. For as a Christian matures, these fruits, which are the characteristics of Christ, become more evident as he is renewed daily by the Word of God and transformed into the image of Christ. Ultimately all of these virtues can be boiled down to one commandment - Matthew 22:37-39 "Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" God's glory must always come first, then your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, then those whom you must reach for Christ, and then yourself as you realize that your purpose on earth is for God's glory and not your own.

1 Peter 4:11

"If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen."