Christian faith and Christian hope need love to work properly in the Christian life.  Love keeps our faith and hope from being insensitive to others and abusing people, as we hold to the truth of God by faith and promote the cause of Christ in hope.  John says, "God is love" (1 John 4:8) and so our faith and hope must be infused and exercised in love, for that is how the world will know we truly are Jesus' disciples.Support the show