The Source: Understanding God's Agape Love by Rev. Ruemu on Sunday, January 4th, 2026.

Beloved, we come today to the wellspring of all reality. To the foundation of all meaning. To the answer to the deepest ache of the human heart. We come to consider not a concept, not an emotion, not a transaction, but The Source itself. And the name of that Source, scripture tells us, is Agape. (1st Cor. 13:4-8- Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres).

So, how do we understand this Agape? Let’s look at its flow from The Source.

First, Agape Love is INITIATING.-How and what relevant Bible verse(s)?

Second, Agape Love is SACRIFICIAL.-How and any relevant Bible verse(s)?

Third, Agape Love is TRANSFORMATIVE.-How and any relevant Bible verse(s)?

Today, you are invited to do two things:

1. Drink (Smoothies) and Eat the Fruits of the Spirits.-But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness and self-control. Gal.5:22-23-The 9Fruits

2. Flow. Let the ingredients of the fruits of the Spirit flow to everyone around us using our Gifts of the Spirit (9 Gifts).-To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,  to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. (Ist Cor.12:8-10)
Ist Cor.13:13- And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.  Using each of the 9 Gifts to produce 9 Fruits, we would strive to achieve 81Fruits. (9 x 9=81F2 -This equation is self-derived by Rev. Ruemu)

For this is the final purpose of all things: that we, loved eternally by The Source, would become like The Source—vessels of His holy, self-giving Agape, until the whole earth is filled with the knowledge of His glory, as the waters cover the sea. Amen.



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