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“Love Without Hypocrisy!”

“Love Without Hypocrisy!”. Romans 12:9-21. “Violence is the wave of the future. We are fast approaching the world’s most violent age.”. David Alverson :.

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“Love Without Hypocrisy!”

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  1. “Love Without Hypocrisy!” Romans 12:9-21

  2. “Violence is the wave of the future. We are fast approaching the world’s most violent age.”

  3. David Alverson: “We Americans are living under the legend of the Wild West. We have a violent history and an instinct for violence. We have a tendency to dispose of problems by disposing of people.”

  4. If you were to take the U.S. casualties from the Revolutionary War, Mexican/Spanish War, World War 1, Korea and Viet Nam = less than half of the total casualties of the Civil War…

  5. Jude 18-19 “…In the last time there shall be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts. These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.”

  6. Purpose: to better see the urgency behind our loving without hypocrisy

  7. Romans 12 describes a better way of reaching the goals we should be after -- love without hypocrisy!

  8. I Examples of Love With Hypocrisy A. Professional Love B. Ecumenical Love C. California Love

  9. II Examples of Love With- Out Hypocrisy A. Prefers One Another (v 10)

  10. Eric Liddle was portrayed in this 1981 movie. He was known as Scotland’s greatest athlete who competed for Great Britain…

  11. II Examples of Love With- Out Hypocrisy A. Prefers One Another (v 10) B. Practices Hospitality (v 32)

  12. “Without the hospitality of thousands of Christian women in the first century, the church would never have reached the world.”

  13. On Judgment (when God separates the sheep from the goats) there will be 2 groups: 1) religious hotshots… 2) “Lord, when did we do anything worthy of you?…”

  14. II Examples of Love With- Out Hypocrisy A. Prefers One Another (v 10) B. Practices Hospitality (v 32) C. Matches Minds/Moods (vv 15-16) D. Associates With the Lowly (v 16)

  15. before after The church is a modern landfill. It takes in garbage and turns it into a beautiful park.

  16. II Examples of Love With- Out Hypocrisy A. Prefers One Another (v 10) B. Practices Hospitality (v 32) C. Matches Minds/Moods (vv 15-16) D. Associates With the Lowly (v 16) E. Never Seeks Revenge (vv 17-21)

  17. 1 Corinthians 6:7-8 “The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers.

  18. III How to Equip the Saints With This Kind of Love A. Do What Jesus Would Do

  19. John 13:34 “A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

  20. III How to Equip the Saints With This Kind of Love A. Do What Jesus Would Do B. Cultivate the Volunteer Crop C. Increase Communications D. Proper Use of Anger

  21. Abraham Lincoln used anger to free the slaves… Martin Luther said: “When I am angry I preach well, write well, and do all things well.”

  22. Conclusion and Summary Want to conclude with a warning, a challenge and a hope: Warning: Galatians 5 and the potential of catering to the works of flesh… Challenge: use energy given by God to wrestle the true enemy… Hope: we be known as people of the Bible who love without hypocrisy…

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