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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

All the virtues which appeared in Christ shone brightest in the close of His life, under the trials He then met. Eminent virtue always shows brightest in the fire. Pure gold shows its purity chiefly in the furnace. It was chiefly under those trials which Christ endured in the close of His life that His love to God, His honor of God's majesty, His regard to the honor of His law, His spirit of obedience, His humility, contempt of the world, His patience, meekness, and spirit of forgiveness towards men, appeared. Indeed, everything that Christ did to work out redemption for us appears mainly in the close of His life. Here mainly is His satisfaction for sin, and here chiefly is His merit of eternal life for sinners, and here chiefly appears the brightness of His example which He has set us for imitation.
Jonathan Edwards

Love is NOT: 1. Something you “fall into” – a black hole. 2. Infatuation. Emotional loss of control. “Flipped out…” “Couldn't help myself.” Romanticism and sentimentalism. “Puppy love.” Boy-crazy; girl-crazy. 3. Evaluating another by external criteria. “She's a
10.” 4. Selfish. Interested in “getting” to satisfy my needs. 5. Taking advantage of another (age, height, weight, looks, intellect, emotional maturity, spiritual maturity, social standings, social skills, psychological understanding, place of authority, financial superiority, etc.). 6. Improper need fulfillment. Need for love, acceptance, relating, bonding, belonging, to be valued, affirmed, excitement, identity, etc. 7. Lust. Hormones. Lasciviousness, sensuality. “Let's get physical.” 8. Sex. “Making love.” 9. Idolatry. “......is my life.” Totally preoccupied in attention and time.

Q45 What is required in the se

This entry is part 45 of 82 in the series Frequently Asked Questions for new Christians

Q45 What is required in the se

45 Q What is required in the second commandment?

A The second commandment requires the receiving, observing,

# De 32:46 Mt 28:20 and keeping pure and entire all such religious worship and ordinances as God has appointed in his Word. # De 12:32

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