Tag: Love
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A Genuine Christian
If we are to follow Jesus Christ there can be no half-measures. We are either in all the way or not. There is no sitting on the fence in Jesus Christ. We can’t continue to live as the world does and be a part of Christ. We cannot continue to live in sin and be…
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Understanding the Love of God (Ep 56)
There is only one thing that is eternal and that is the love of God. God is eternal and He has promised eternity to those whom He loves and who love Him in return. This is the promise of the Gospel of Salvation in Jesus Christ. But what exactly IS the love of God? It…
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Growing in Love
As Christians we have been called to learn how to love God and to love one another as Christ loved us. This does not come automatically. It takes time to learn to love someone. Love begins with knowing the other person, then understanding where they are coming from, then trusting them and finally loving them.
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A Love Letter from Paul
In my mind the letter to the Philippians is a letter of love, not as man loves, but the love of God. Paul does not identify problems in the church but this letter encourages and strengthens the church to lift them up to a greater love of God and of the brethren.
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No Partiality With God
Partiality is an awful thing. Whether you call it favouritism or the darker descriptions of prejudice, discrimination, bias or inequity, it is an awful thing. Partiality is evil and so with God there is NO partiality.
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Husbands and Wives in Christ
One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is how some Christians seem to have taken this section of scripture in Ephesians 5:21-33 completely out of context. They ascribe roles to the husband and wife in a marriage that are completely out of sync with what these verses are saying.
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Built Up In Love
(Ephesians 4:15-16) The work of the ministry gifts given by God is to develop the church and the individual members of the church so that they grow together in harmony into the maturity of Jesus Christ. I discussed the ministry gifts and some of these matters in my last few posts. What we now see…
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Fulfilling the Law of Christ
(Galatians 6:2-3) These are two verses that have a powerful message for all who would seek the salvation of the Lord. They speak to several things. Firstly, the need to fulfil the law of Christ, whatever that is, and secondly, how we ought to go about doing this. And one of the first things we…
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Love Your Neighbour
(Galatians 5:14-15) If there is one aspect of Christianity that we all need to aspire to, it is finding the love of God. Love is more important than anything else, and the verses we are looking at today gives us an indication of how weighty this matter is. They state: 14 For the whole law…
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Faith, Hope and Love Abide
(1 Corinthians 13:13) There are a few scriptures in the bible that are so well known that many people, even non-Christians know them or recognise them when they hear them. For example, John 3:16 or Psalm 23. And this verse too is another of those that are well known, especially among Christians. So now faith,…
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Love Never Ends
(1 Corinthians 13:8-12) Everything pertaining to this world and this life are temporary. Even the earth, sun, stars and the universe are only temporary. Everything we can see, everything we know will not last. Except for God's love. Only love is eternal and only God's love never ends. His love goes on forever and ever…
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What Is Love?
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8) Of all the questions mankind has asked, from poets to philosophers, academics to artists, this is perhaps the most profound and mysterious of all: what is love? Love is so fundamental to the human condition that it forms part of our DNA. It is part of our nature to seek, hope for…
