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5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they…

The First Fruit Galatians 5:22–23 (ESV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love , joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes…

Ephesians 4:14–16 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head,…

What happens when every believer sees themselves as a nurturer? Saints form a Nurturing A.S.S.E.M.B.L.Y. We A dmit our faults to One Another Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, And their works are in the dark, And they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? We don't Conceal…

Last week we covered the topic regarding sex and what the bible has to say about it. There is a lot more that could have been covered regarding sex, but we only covered what was necessary for our series. Today we will cover the topic of love. What is love? Woody Allen, a comedian, writer, and moviemaker…

In this message we examine what love truly is by looking at God's definition of it in I Cor. 13

1 John 3:11-24 INTRODUCTION: Our world is a harsh place to live. For the most part, people live a “dog eat dog” existence. The way the world is to put self first, love self and provide for self. One of the great tragedies of our present generation is that there is so much talk about love and so little…

GOLDEN TEXT 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. INTRODUCTION If the gifts of the Spirit were the only criterion for success in church life, the church at Corinth would have been effective. By Paul’s testimony, these saints were enriched in Christ…

1 Now concerning spiritual gifts , brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. But, I show unto you a … what? … a more excellent way . In other words, a more excellent way than coveting the showy gift is to be content with…

The next several weeks I want to look at what are called Spiritual Gifts. 1 Peter 4:1-10 We are not to live in the flesh but in the Spirit. This is the Purpose of the Gospel – vs 6 But do it all in Love – vs 8 Use the gift God has given you! – v. 10 Spiritual gifts are an expression of the manifold grace…

Romans 5:6-8 . Many folk often talk loosely about the love of God but they do not know much about it, this goes for a number of so called preachers today. Some of them quite famous, do not want to say anything unpleasant about sinful human nature. They describe their approach to Christianity as “possibility…

Romans 13:8-14 I titled this sermon “When the Rubber Meets the Road” because this is where the Christian lives out their life. We are preaching through Galatians on Sunday nights, Paul emphasizes the fact that obedience to the Law will not gain you salvation, and will not gain you favor with God. Here…

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Circumspectly Definition: in a way that is careful and avoids risks. (Cambridge Dictionary) Circumspectly in the original language: Come from the word “ akribōs ” which means - exactly,…

What is the definition of love? Why do we need to look at suffering when studying love? How can we show love to our enemies?

What is envy? What are some problems of envies? How can we refrain from envy?

How would you define love? There was a movie made by Disney over 14 years ago, with a song called: How does she know that you love her. How does someone show love? I realize that I am late to the ball game for this sermon. Every September or October, I set aside a week to prepare my preaching calendar…

Paul’s Greeting Who is the letter written to? and why to the church? the same greeting that is in all of his letters but why does Paul begin with grace and peace is this just something they said back then? Read Philemon 1-3 . Pray The structure first 3 verses Paul a prisoner Christ Jesus Paul followed…

1 John 5:1-5 We have been going through this sermon series Heart and Head: Loving God with our Mind and Emotions. We’ve talked about Loving God Exclusively in our lives and this shows forth in our giving, prayer, forgiveness, etc. Last week we talked about Loving God Preeminently, or as our first priority.…

Recently I read about a little girl who came home from Sunday School right after studying Matthew 5:16. She repeated the verse to her and asked her what it meant . Her mom said , "Well, it means that when you are good and kind and thoughtful and obedient, you are letting Christ’s light shine in your…

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7–11 , especially verse 11: But the end of all things is at hand; therefore … 1 Peter 4:7 (KJV 1900) 7 But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Introduction: This may be the year! Peter expected Jesus to return in his own day, and if the…

Message It was late in my high school years that I first began paying attention to something called “March Madness.” Yes, I discovered the famous college basketball tournament and began learning about one particular team, Duke University. I had never been into sports very much growing up. Sometimes my…

Alan Bloom - “The Closing of the American Mind” - contemporary intellectual climate as one in which there is no ability to distinguish good from bad, truth from error, even the important from the unimportant. All such distinctions are seen as being contrary to the chief virtue in today’s world, that…

Allow for responses before going on to the next question. Allow for responses before continuing. I would offer that the greatest words of Christmas are: faith, hope, and love. And, I can give you Biblical support for that. Turn in your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 13:13 . In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, Paul…

Dorcas had a commitment to Christian living *** N/S: Dorcas is the only person in the Bible known by the Greek term mathetria, meaning “female disciple.” Possibly Luke thought she best exemplified what a female disciple of Jesus should be like, for we are told that she was literally “full of good works”…

Introduction Last week’s message we began a series titled ‘Learning to Love’. The initial message preached was titled ‘What is Love’? ( I Cor. 13:1-8 ) We spoke of what oftentimes the perception is often love is: Simply Emotional People get the ‘willy nillies’ or the ‘goosebumps’ they ‘feel’ a certain…