There's not a lot of random Internet topics to get us started, but we examine a
common phrase that gets misused. The question is... is it Bible based? Or a
myth? When hard times come, people often make this claim:
Everything happens for a reason in life.
Or... it only serves to make us stronger.
The statements hold a truth, but it isn't as universal as people might like to
think. An important condition holds the key. Without that important key,
there's no assurance behind the well wishes.
Romans 8:27-28 ESV
27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the
Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,
for those who are called according to his purpose.
We've touched on the word of the week before, but it bears repeating.
Word of the Week
Sanctification
The experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart
to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual
maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him.
In other words, it's something believers do. Though salvation, or regeneration,
is freely given through the working of the Holy Spirit and the price Jesus
paid, sanctification is the ongoing, life long process in growing to a higher
moral level.
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Main Topic
The Definition of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1-7
In a boiler room, it is impossible to look into the boiler to see how much
water it contains. But running up beside it is a tiny glass tube, that serves
as a gauge. As the water stands in the little tube, so it stands in the great
boiler. When the tube is half full, the boiler is half full; if empty, so is
the boiler.
How do you know you love God? You believe you love him, but you want to know.
Look at the gauge. Your love for your brother is the measure of your love for
God."
What Love Is and Is Not
(1 Cor 13.4-7)
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all
things.
(ESV)
Patience
Kindness
Contentment
If a friend gains something, are we happy for them, or upset we don't have what
they got?
NOT prideful!
Love places others over self
Love is well-behaved.
Love is not selfish.
Love doesn't help someone just to manipulate them for selfish gains.
Love is not angered easily.
Love won't judge harshly without knowing the details.
Love won't jump to conclusions
Love often gives the benefit of the doubt.
Love isn't always accepting.
In the world in which we now live, love has often gotten confused with
acceptance. But sin is harmful, and accepting it is harmful to the person we
are trying to love!
If a friend is wanting to stay in a burning building, but we refuse to accept
this, is that not love?
Often our compassion to rescue sinners can be mistaken for lack of love. But
true love holds the truth dear!
Note verses 4-7: These are all VERBS. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!
LOVE = ACTIONS
LOVE IS NOT JUST FEELINGS/EMOTIONS!
LOVE IS A CHOICE, AND IT'S HARD WORK!
Conclusion:
"What is love?
It’s silence when your words would hurt.
It’s patience when your neighbor’s curt.
It’s deafness when the scandal flows.
It’s thoughtfulness for another’s woes.
It’s promptness when stern duty calls.
It’s courage when misfortune falls."
God showed his love to us as well. We are sinful, we mess up constantly. This
kind of imperfection and evil of sin is unacceptable to God. But God did
something to fix it! He sent his only begotten son, Jesus, A part of the
Godhead himself, to die for us. In other words, God The Son died for us,
providing a perfect sacrifice for our wrongdoings. But he didn't stay dead! He
rose from the dead so that death has no permanent hold on those when repent and
believe on His name!
As a parting word, we take a closer look at what salvation means. To end on a
lighter note though, we glimpse of a Dumb News headline that hints of things to
come next week.
keith <http://podcast.heltsley.net/?author=2> | February 14, 2017 at 8:03 am |
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