What kind of love is the fruit of the Spirit and where does it come from?
The fruit of the Spirit is agape love, which seeks the other person's highest good and does nothing but enhance the things that are good. It comes from the indwelling and outworking of the Holy Spirit and has an effect on our lifestyle, making us fulfillers of the whole Law by operating love.
Les teaches that love is that agape love which comes as a result of the indwelling and outworking of the Holy Spirit, and it will have an effect on our lifestyle. Because this love seeks the other person's highest good, it does nothing but enhance the things that are good. The result is that believers become fulfillers of the whole Law just by virtue of operating love. He contrasts this inner work of the Spirit with happiness, which is only circumstantial, while joy, like love, comes from within because the Holy Spirit indwells us.