Love is a Verb

"You may not live what you say you believe, but you will live what you believe."

So I was reading the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan, and I made a cool connection ....

Galatians 5:6, "The only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love.
The only thing that matters?? Because it's faith that saves us (Romans 10:9-10) and
love fulfills God's law (Romans 13:10).

BUT ... love is not just words.
Love is an action.
I think we all believe that, but here's some proof ----->

1 John 3:18, "Dear children, let us not live with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave..."
Luke 23 - Jesus died for us.

So, maybe this is where/how faith and works collide?
Faith expressing itself in love. Love as an action.

One more story from Scripture ... Luke 7:36-50. In verse 38, a prostitute proves her love by cleaning Jesus' feet with perfume and wiping them with her hair. In verse 50, Jesus tells her her faith has saved her.

So, our love (actions) prove our faith. They do not save us. But just think ... if God claimed to love us yet did nothing, didn't send Jesus as a way to Heaven, would we believe Him?

Well, He has done everything. What will we do in response?