Tag: agape
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A First Letter to the Corinthians
in the year of our Lord ano Domini 55 [A.D. 55] & in the context of the culture of Corinth Intro PREVIOUSLY in this Talk of Jesus series from CHURCH LETTERS – IS HE WRITING TO ME? we have glanced at a few of Paul’s LETTERS (Epistles) to the Church written during his just completed…
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God’s Personal Love -2 His Love of the Church
Jesus Loves the Church If you picture Jesus’ Disciples as a blueprint of His church you will observe God’s love for the Church by Christ’s love of them. The Messiah Jesus had been with the Twelve for over two years when the Lord asked them about the crowds of disciples who followed them. Matthew 16:…
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Judgment begins with God’s household – a letter from Peter 8
Our Attitude in these Last Days For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 1 Peter 4:17 KJV I begin with Peter’s pointed call to account of the…
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My Love – 7 – Love never ends…
1 Corinthians 13 The Way of Love (agape) 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. Once again, the ‘love‘ we proclaim though scripture from this letter of Paul to the church at Corinth is the agape love of God. Christ’s love and perfect earthly example should permeate…
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My Love – 6 – If I have not love
‘I’m not happy.’ ‘I met someone’ IF you claim to be a follower of the Bridegroom of the church, Jesus Christ and things don’t go quite your way, would you tell Jesus to ‘get out’? Would you look for someone better, who might make you happy in this world? (Did God really say, “Don’t eat…
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My Love – 4 – a Love Feast
“There is a love of God inexplicable, except by our inclusion in His love feast. This love of God is to be sought and treasured, though none can earn this highest of all loves. It is the upward call well-known to the world, yet rejected by the worldly. John 3:16 For God so loved the…
