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LOVE AND THE SPIRIT LAW OF GOD.
Persons who appear to do acts of kindness, while leading an unGodly life, are not only showing contempt for God, but their supposed 'acts of kindness' are in fact a lie in that they are teaching others to reject The Creator and Lifegiver Almighty God. (Jude 14-19).

The true meaning of agapé love is love guided by principle. It may or may not include affection. True love cannot be shown to others unless first we have accurate knowledge of their needs. The apostle Paul, when writing about love, said: "At present I know partially, but then I shall know accurately even as I am accurately known." This means we are only able to show love to another when we know of that person's individual needs. (From 1 Cor 13:12).

Love is properly directed when it is manifested by following the Spirit of God, and exercised through accurate knowledge and wisdom from the inspired Word of God. When we know and obey God's commands, we are in the spiritual condition to show love. For example, while a parent may have affection for his child, sentimentality and affection without proper discipline is not showing love. (Prov 13:24. 23:13,14).

Corrective discipline is an essential part of showing love. How could Almighty God create us from our present sinful state to spirit perfection in order to receive everlasting heavenly life, without discipline? It is through discipline that we are created toward the spirit "image" and "likeness" of God and His Son. (Gen 1:26). Those who achieve it shall live in that perfected spirit "image" and "likeness" in the Spirit heavens. The Christ Michael is not perfecting the flesh of mankind, or the sins within us. (1 John 2:4-6. Rom 7:25).

HUSBANDS TO LOVE THEIR WIVES.
WIVES TO BE IN SUBJECTION TO THEIR HUSBANDS.
It was under inspiration from the Lord that Paul gave the following admonition to husbands and their wives: "Wives, be subject to your husbands; that is your Christian duty. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them". (Col 3:18,19 NEB).

The Lord has always accurately known the spirit of both husbands and wives. He knows the spirit need for a woman to be in subjection to her husband, and of the spirit need for a husband to love his wife. The difference in their needs is because a Godly man "…is the image of God, and the mirror of His glory, whereas woman reflects the glory of man." (See 1 Cor 11:7-12 NEB). But how can a woman reflect her husband's glory if he shamefully disobeys God? She cannot. But such a woman can be saved by her own chaste conduct. (1 Peter 3:1 4).

Woman was created for the sake of the man, and should be a complement of him. (Gen 2:18). (Complement: That which, when added, completes a whole; each of two parts which mutually complete each other).

With reference to the loving subjecting work of The Christ among his followers it is written: "...and when all things are thus subject to him, then the Son himself will also be made subordinate to God who made all things subject to him, and thus God will be all in all." (1 Cor 15:28 NEB).

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