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Boot Camp 101 (Pack Up & Ship Out Your Civies- Put On Your Uniform!). 06/29/14 Put On Love – Love is Longsuffering. I Corinthians 13:1-8. Word study of makrothumeō – Related to Faith-Rest. Heb. 6:12 & 15.
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Boot Camp 101(Pack Up & Ship Out Your Civies- Put On Your Uniform!) 06/29/14 Put On Love – Love is Longsuffering
I Corinthians 13:1-8 Word study of makrothumeō – Related to Faith-Rest. Heb. 6:12 & 15. Related to objectivity & justice (taking time to hear the facts – i.e., both sides of the story!). Acts 26:3 (vs. 1…). Related to forgiveness. Matt. 18:26, 29 (vs. 21-35). Related to persistent prayer. Lk. 18:7 (cf. II Cor. 1:3, 4). It is God’s attitude toward unbelievers & reversionistic (backsliding) believers. Rom. 2:4 (vs. 1-16); II Pet. 3:9, 15; I Tim. 1:16 (vs. 15 & 16); Rom. 9:22.(It takes character to be able to withstand being scoffed at & despised!) It is a fruit of the Spirit. Gal. 5:22; Eph. 4:2 (vs. 1-6). It is a part of each believer’s ministry. II Cor. 6:6 (vs. 1-10). It is commanded as a part of the Christian way of life. Col. 3:12 (vs. 5-17); I Thess. 5:14 (vs. 14 & 15). It is to be done joyfully!! Col. 1:11 (vs. 9-12). Longsuffering & the Pastor/Teacher. II Tim. 4:2 (vs. 1-5). Longsuffering & times of apostasy. II Tim. 3:10 (vs. 1-13); Jms. 5:7, 8, 10 (vs. 1-11). Longsuffering & the angelic conflict. I Pet. 3:20 (vs. 18-22). Longsuffering is an integral part of the Love Complex. I Cor. 13:4.