Amen!!! Love is not a feeling, its at state of being. Believers who have been changed into a new creation have the love of Christ. This is why we see the fruit of Christ's Spirit in them.
Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Ecclesiastes 7:8
"The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one."
A proud spirit hates a humble one. A proud spirit is angry all the time at the righteous heart.
1 Corinthians 2:14
"The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned."
The natural man interprets the righteous man as a threat to them.
The natural man wants no restraints on them to act decently, so they attempt to lie against the one who walks uprightly, discrediting their wisdom and resolve to follow Christ through lies and distortions.
The natural man loves the things of this world and feels threatened by those who do not want or need the things of the world.
The natural man needs to be validated and accepted by the world and is intimidated by those who need no validation or acceptance from the world because Christ in them is enough.
If the natural man would become born again they too would understand the things of God and hate the world.
John 12:24-26 "… 24 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If Anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.…"
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