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We Can Rejoice in the Lord Because Our Love Is Abounding

We Can Rejoice in the Lord Because Our Love Is Abounding. (Philippians 1:9-11). Why This Series of Lessons?. To illustrate just how wonderful it is to be a child of God To increase our resolve to be faithful to the Lord To improve our ability to let our light shine before men.

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We Can Rejoice in the Lord Because Our Love Is Abounding

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  1. We Can Rejoice in the Lord Because Our Love Is Abounding (Philippians 1:9-11)

  2. Why This Series of Lessons? • To illustrate just how wonderful it is to be a child of God • To increase our resolve to be faithful to the Lord • To improve our ability to let our light shine before men

  3. Review of Previous Lessons • We can rejoice in the Lord because we are saints! (1:1,2) • We can rejoice in the Lord because God works in our lives! (1:6) • We can rejoice in the Lord because we are partakers of His grace! (1:7)

  4. We Can Rejoice in the Lord Because Our Love Is Abounding • Our text is Philippians (1:9-11). • From this we can see that as Christians we possess a love that is both overflowing and increasing in nature. • There are five ways this love is to express itself: • In knowledge and discernment • By approving those things that are excellent • In sincerity • Without offense • By being filled with the fruit of righteousness

  5. Knowledge and Discernment • The knowledge being described here is a knowledge that not only involves perception but also participation. (I Timothy 4:1-3) • Concerning discernment, we show proper love to one another when we make proper judgments based upon our knowledge.

  6. Knowledge and Discernment • We best express our love in terms of knowledge and discernment when we base it upon God’s word. • God’s word teaches us that our love is to be: • Selfless not selfish • Sincere not superficial or sanctimonious • Sensible not senseless • Sacred not secular

  7. Approving the Things That Are Excellent • Approving the things that are excellent comes to light when we practice proper knowledge and discernment. • Love seeks those things that are excellent. Love seeks to extend: • Forgiveness where there is failure • Healing where there is hurting • Encouragement where there is weakness • Faith where there is doubting • Compassion where there is sorrow and pain

  8. Sincerity • This word in the original Greek language meant “unalloyed, not mixed, pure.” • Thus we are to have a love that is not contaminated by impure mannerisms, motives, or manipulations. (Matthew 6:1-4) • Rather, we are to have a love that displays itself in true concern, consideration, connection, consecration, and consequence.

  9. Without Offense • Love teaches us not to do anything that would cause another to stumble in their faith. • (I Corinthians 10:31-33)

  10. Being Filled with the Fruit of Righteousness • Love, when guided by knowledge, discernment, approval of those things that are excellent, and sincerity, will cause one to be filled with good fruit, the fruit of righteousness. • (Matthew 10:33,35)

  11. Abounding Love… • Happens when knowledge of God’s word and discernment are present • Seeks out that which is excellent in life • Is free from impure motives and manipulations • Never acts as a stumbling block to the faith of others • Is best displayed when consistently expressed in good deeds that bear good fruit

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