Sunday, January 14, 2024
RELATIONSHIPS
I. Worldly Culture: (relationships according to culture)
Relationships in a worldly culture are all built on personal perspectives and preferences.
II. Kingdom Culture: (relationships according to Jesus)
Relationships in a Kingdom culture are all built on the way Jesus lived and loved.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NLT) – 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
- PATIENT
- KIND
- NOT JEALOUS/BOASTFUL/PROUD/RUDE
- NOT DEMANDING
- NOT IRRITABLE
- LETS HURT GO
- DOES NOT FIND PLEASURE IN INJUSTICE
- CELEBRATES RESULTS OF TRUTH
- DOES NOT GIVE UP
- DOES NOT LOSE FAITH
- HOLD OUT HOPE
- ENDURES EVEN THE HARDEST OF TIMES
FINAL ENCOURAGEMENT
Proverbs 17:17 (TLB) – A true friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT) – A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
Proverbs 27:17 (ESV) – Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (ESV) – Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
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Great Link For Further Study: https://www.openbible.info/topics/loving_others