Tag: Love
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Glorious Friendship
James 2:23 “Abraham believed God . . . and he was called a friend of God.” Abraham was called a friend of God. It’s hard to determine which is the more magnificent aspect of this statement: the condescension of God or the elevation of Abraham. Think for a moment about your best friend. Why is that…
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A Living Faith
James 2:14-16 “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled,’ without giving them the things needed for…
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A Love “From Below”
2 Samuel 13:1 “Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her.” “Love is love.” It’s a phrase that we see more and more these days. But what does it mean? Do those who are saying it and posting it to social media know what…
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The Royal Law
James 2:8-9 “If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.” Do you love your neighbors? ALL of them? And so, we might ask, as…
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Why?
2 Samuel 11: 2-8 “It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, ‘Is not this Bathsheba,…
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A Word to Spouses
Ephesians 5:22 “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” If you would like an example of how this world’s thinking is antithetical to the mind of God, bring up Ephesians 5:22 in a group of non-Christians. And if…
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Boomerangs
Ephesians 5:28 “He who loves his wife loves himself.” There are some things in the Bible that are so easy to pass over. If you are a Christian, you’ve likely read the passage above many times. I know I have. But have we really stopped to think about it?! Has it ever caused us to…
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Out of Sight AND Out of Mind?
Hebrews 13:3 “Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” I asked my adult Sunday School class the following question some time ago: “Do you love Christians whom you have never met?” I asked that question because when we…
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Definitions
Hebrews 13:1-4 “Let brotherly love continue . . .Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” I’m sure you’ve seen the signs that have popped up over the last few years. I’ve seen them primarily in people’s front yards, in front…
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Neighbors
Luke 10:29 “And who is my neighbor?” Throughout the Scriptures, Christians are called to live out their faith in relationships. For example, the Bible is filled with commands that some have called “the one anothers.” Some examples: “Love one another.” “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.” “Give preference to one another in honor.”…
To Encourage You 