We are not called to live the Christian life apart from the protection of the church. The fellowship of a group of committed believers is vital to our spiritual health and to our endurance in the faith. The church, in the midst of this “crooked and perverse generation,” is just as important for our survival as the ark was to Noah and his family; they simply would not have survived without it.
Jim Elliff

LOVE of Christ

LOVE of Christ

LOVE of Christ, The

  1. To the Father # Ps 91:14 Joh 14:31
  2. To his church # So 4:8,9 5:1 Joh 15:9 Eph 5:24
  3. To those who love him # Pr 8:17 Joh 14:21
  4. MANIFESTED IN HIS 4a) Coming to seek the lost

    # Lu 19:10

4b) Praying for his enemies # Lu 23:34 4c) Giving himself for us # Ga 2:20 4d) Dying for us # Joh 15:13 1Jo 3:16 4e) Washing away our sins # Re 1:5 4f) Interceding for us # Heb 7:25 9:24 4g) Sending the Spirit # Ps 68:18 Joh 16:7 4h) Rebukes and chastisements # Re 3:19 5) Passes knowledge # Eph 3:19 6) To be imitated # Joh 13:34 15:12 Eph 5:2 1Jo 3:16 7) TO SAINTS, IS 7a) Unquenchable # So 8:7 7b) Constraining # 2Co 5:14 7c) Unchangeable # Joh 13:1 7d) Indissoluble # Ro 8:35 8) Obedient saints abide in # Joh 15:10 9) Saints obtain victory through # Ro 8:37 10) Is the banner over his saints # So 2:4 11) Is the ground of his saints love to him # Lu 7:47 12) To saints, shall be acknowledge even by enemies # Re 3:9 13) Illustrated # Mt 18:11-13 14) Exemplified towards 14a) Peter # Lu 22:32,61 14b) Lazarus, &c # Joh 11:5,36 14c) His apostles # Joh 13:1,34 14d) John # Joh 13:23

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