IN HIS IMAGE NONCENSORIOUS LOVE

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1 IN HIS IMAGE NONCENSORIOUS LOVE 1

2 THE IMAGE OF GOD 2

3 GOD IS LOVE ESV 1 JOHN 4:8 ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE 16 SO WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND TO BELIEVE THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR US. GOD IS LOVE, AND WHOEVER ABIDES IN LOVE ABIDES IN GOD, AND GOD ABIDES IN HIM. 3

WORK OF THE SPIRIT NAS 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED FACE BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE

4 WORK OF THE SPIRIT NAS 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED FACE BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST AS FROM THE LORD, THE SPIRIT. NAS ROMANS 5:5 THE LOVE OF GOD HAS BEEN POURED OUT WITHIN OUR HEARTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO WAS GIVEN TO US. 4

5 LOVE IS SUPREME NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 BUT NOW ABIDE FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, THESE THREE; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE. NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 16:14 LET ALL THAT YOU DO BE DONE IN LOVE. 5

6 LOVE AND ITS FRUITS 6

7 FRUIT OF LOVE NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND, AND IS NOT JEALOUS; LOVE DOES NOT BRAG AND IS NOT ARROGANT, 5 DOES NOT ACT UNBECOMINGLY; IT DOES NOT SEEK ITS OWN, IS NOT PROVOKED, DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A WRONG LIT., DOES NOT THINK THE EVIL TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING IN A DETAILED AND REASONED MANNER IDEA, IS NOT CENSORIOUS 7

8 CENSORIOUS SEVERELY CRITICAL GIVEN TO PETTY FAULTFINDING FOND OF CRITICIZING PRONE TO BLAMING OR CONDEMNING STERNLY TO UNCHARITABLY JUDGE OTHERS 8

9 PATIENT, KIND, CONTENTED, HUMBLE, ALTRUISTIC, CALM, AND NONCENSORIOUS LOVE LOVE INCLINES CHRISTIANS TO: MEEKLY BEAR ILL THAT IS RECEIVED FROM OTHERS, AND TO CHEERFULLY AND FREELY DO GOOD TO OTHERS NOT ENVY WHAT OTHERS HAVE OR DO, BUT RATHER INCLINES CHRISTIANS TO BE CONTENTED AS THEY ARE NOT THINK OR ACT OUT OF PRIDE BUT TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES THE PRACTICE OF UNSELFISH CONCERN FOR OR DEVOTION TO THE WELFARE OF OTHERS REMAIN CALM IN THE FACE OF IRRITATION OR PROVOCATION NOT UNCHARITABLY JUDGE OTHERS 9

10 PROPER JUDGING 10

11 PROPER JUDGING AS 1 CORINTHIANS 5:9 I WROTE YOU IN MY LETTER NOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH IMMORAL PEOPLE; 10 I DID NOT AT ALL MEAN WITH THE IMMORAL PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD, OR WITH THE COVETOUS AND SWINDLERS, OR WITH IDOLATERS; FOR THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT OF THE WORLD. 11 BUT ACTUALLY, I WROTE TO YOU NOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH ANY SO-CALLED BROTHER IF HE SHOULD BE AN IMMORAL PERSON, OR COVETOUS, OR AN IDOLATER, OR A REVILER, OR A DRUNKARD, OR A SWINDLER-- NOT EVEN TO EAT WITH SUCH A ONE. 12 FOR WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH JUDGING OUTSIDERS? DO YOU NOT JUDGE THOSE WHO ARE WITHIN THE CHURCH? 13 BUT THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE, GOD JUDGES. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES. 11

12 NIV ROMANS 16:17 I URGE YOU, BROTHERS, TO WATCH OUT FOR THOSE WHO CAUSE DIVISIONS AND PUT OBSTACLES IN YOUR WAY THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THE TEACHING YOU HAVE LEARNED. KEEP AWAY FROM THEM. NIV 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6 IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE COMMAND YOU, BROTHERS, TO KEEP AWAY FROM EVERY BROTHER WHO IS IDLE AND DOES NOT LIVE ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING YOU RECEIVED FROM US. NIV 2 THESSALONIANS 3:14 IF ANYONE DOES NOT OBEY OUR INSTRUCTION IN THIS LETTER, TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF HIM. DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH HIM, IN ORDER THAT HE MAY FEEL ASHAMED. NIV 2 JOHN 1:10 IF ANYONE COMES TO YOU AND DOES NOT BRING THIS TEACHING, DO NOT TAKE HIM INTO YOUR HOUSE OR WELCOME HIM. 12

13 GOAL IS PROTECTION NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 5:6 YOUR BOASTING IS NOT GOOD. DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT A LITTLE LEAVEN LEAVENS THE WHOLE LUMP OF DOUGH? 7 CLEAN OUT THE OLD LEAVEN, THAT YOU MAY BE A NEW LUMP, JUST AS YOU ARE IN FACT UNLEAVENED. FOR CHRIST OUR PASSOVER ALSO HAS BEEN SACRIFICED. NIV 1 CORINTHIANS 15:33 DO NOT BE MISLED: "BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD CHARACTER. NAS HEBREWS 12:15 SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE COMES SHORT OF THE GRACE OF GOD; THAT NO ROOT OF BITTERNESS SPRINGING UP CAUSES TROUBLE, AND BY IT MANY BE DEFILED; 13

14 GOAL IS RESTORATION NAS MATTHEW 18:15 "AND IF YOUR BROTHER SINS, GO AND REPROVE HIM IN PRIVATE; IF HE LISTENS TO YOU, YOU HAVE WON YOUR BROTHER. 16 "BUT IF HE DOES NOT LISTEN TO YOU, TAKE ONE OR TWO MORE WITH YOU, SO THAT BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. 17 "AND IF HE REFUSES TO LISTEN TO THEM, TELL IT TO THE CHURCH; AND IF HE REFUSES TO LISTEN EVEN TO THE CHURCH, LET HIM BE TO YOU AS A GENTILE AND A TAX-GATHERER. NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 5:3 FOR I, ON MY PART, THOUGH ABSENT IN BODY BUT PRESENT IN SPIRIT, HAVE ALREADY JUDGED HIM WHO HAS SO COMMITTED THIS, AS THOUGH I WERE PRESENT. 4 IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS, WHEN YOU ARE ASSEMBLED, AND I WITH YOU IN SPIRIT, WITH THE POWER OF OUR LORD JESUS, 5 I HAVE DECIDED TO DELIVER SUCH A ONE TO SATAN FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS FLESH, THAT HIS SPIRIT MAY BE SAVED IN THE DAY OF THE LORD JESUS. 14

15 IMPROPER JUDGING - CENSORIOUSNESS 15

16 CENSORIOUSNESS LEADS TO SELF CONDEMNATION NIV MATTHEW 7:1 "DO NOT JUDGE, OR YOU TOO WILL BE JUDGED. 2 FOR IN THE SAME WAY YOU JUDGE OTHERS, YOU WILL BE JUDGED, AND WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED TO YOU. 16

17 NIV ROMANS 2:1 YOU, THEREFORE, HAVE NO EXCUSE, YOU WHO PASS JUDGMENT ON SOMEONE ELSE, FOR AT WHATEVER POINT YOU JUDGE THE OTHER, YOU ARE CONDEMNING YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU WHO PASS JUDGMENT DO THE SAME THINGS. 2 NOW WE KNOW THAT GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS IS BASED ON TRUTH. 3 SO WHEN YOU, A MERE MAN, PASS JUDGMENT ON THEM AND YET DO THE SAME THINGS, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL ESCAPE GOD'S JUDGMENT? 17

18 GOD S NONCENSORIOUS LOVE NAS ROMANS 2:4 OR DO YOU THINK LIGHTLY OF THE RICHES OF HIS KINDNESS AND FORBEARANCE AND PATIENCE, NOT KNOWING THAT THE KINDNESS OF GOD LEADS YOU TO REPENTANCE? 18

19 OUR NONCENSORIOUS LOVE ESV MATTHEW 7:3 WHY DO YOU SEE THE SPECK THAT IS IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE, BUT DO NOT NOTICE THE LOG THAT IS IN YOUR OWN EYE? 4 OR HOW CAN YOU SAY TO YOUR BROTHER, 'LET ME TAKE THE SPECK OUT OF YOUR EYE,' WHEN THERE IS THE LOG IN YOUR OWN EYE? 5 YOU HYPOCRITE, FIRST TAKE THE LOG OUT OF YOUR OWN EYE, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE CLEARLY TO TAKE THE SPECK OUT OF YOUR BROTHER'S EYE. 19

20 APPLICATIONS 20

21 LOVE IS NONCENSORIOUS NAS MATTHEW 7:12 "THEREFORE, HOWEVER YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TREAT YOU, SO TREAT THEM, FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. NAS MATTHEW 22:37 AND HE SAID TO HIM, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38 "THIS IS THE GREAT AND FOREMOST COMMANDMENT. 39 "THE SECOND IS LIKE IT, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' 40 "ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS DEPEND THE WHOLE LAW AND THE PROPHETS." 21

22 CENSORIOUSNESS: CONTRARY TO LOVE CENSORIOUSNESS COMES FROM A SPIRIT OF PRIDE AND LOVE IS NOT PROUD WE ARE SLOW TO JUDGE ILL OF OURSELVES, SO IF WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOURS AS OURSELVES WE WILL JUDGE OTHERS LIKE WE JUDGE OURSELVES. WE ARE SLOW TO JUDGE ILL OF THOSE CLOSE TO US, SO IF WE TRULY LOVE OTHERS WE WILL BE SLOW TO JUDGE ILL OF THEM. 22

23 CONCLUSIONS 23

24 BEAR THE FRUITS OF LOVE NAS 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND, AND IS NOT JEALOUS; LOVE DOES NOT BRAG AND IS NOT ARROGANT, 5 DOES NOT ACT UNBECOMINGLY; IT DOES NOT SEEK ITS OWN, IS NOT PROVOKED, DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A WRONG LOVE OUR NEIGHBOURS AS OURSELVES AND SO JUDGE THEM AS WE JUDGE OURSELVES 24

25 NAS EPHESIANS 5:1 THEREFORE BE IMITATORS OF GOD, AS BELOVED CHILDREN; 2 AND WALK IN LOVE, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED YOU, AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR US, AN OFFERING AND A SACRIFICE TO GOD AS A FRAGRANT AROMA. 25

IN HIS IMAGE HOLY LOVE

IN HIS IMAGE HOLY LOVE 1 THE IMAGE OF GOD 2 GOD IS LOVE ESV 1 JOHN 4:8 ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE 16 SO WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND TO BELIEVE THE LOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR