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Love thy Neighbor: Part 2


Sunday, January 27, 2013
Led by Eric Gintert



Review from Last Week

Mark 12:29-31
  • The first commandment is to love God. Then we are to love our neighbor.
  • We tend to put our neighbor before God.
  • How can we love our neighbor without loving God?
  • Just as in a husband / wife relationship, they are one flesh but sometimes love the children more than each other.
  • You can't truly love someone else before you love God.
2 John 1-7
  • Love is in truth. The Truth is Jesus (John 14:6).
  • Definition of Love: that we walk after His commandments.
  • His commandment is that we love Him with all our heart, mind, and should and them we love one another as ourselves.
  • We must do God's commandments to display love.
The neighbor is the non willing to do the will of God (the parable of the Good Samaritan).

Should we stay away from evil doers? If so, is that "loving your neighbor"?

2 Corinthians 6:11-18
  • This is love, that we be not unequally yoked with unbelievers.
  • Paul told the Corinthians that they were moved by affections & emotions.
  • The darkness doesn't coexist with light... light pushes back the darkness.
  • It is love to be separate because God commanded it... love is keeping God's commandments

Mathe 7:21-23
  • On Judgment Day, even Jesus will separate the righteous from the ungodly.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-15
  • Withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks disorderly.
  • If there are some that walk disorderly, do not keep company with them.
  • People who aren't working spiritually or physically, are stealing.
  • The love behind having no company with someone is so that they may be ashamed (provoked to godly sorrow and repentance) and admonished as a brother in Christ.
Read Numbers 12 about when Miriam sinned and had to be cast out of the camp for 7 days with no contact.
1 Corinthians 5:1-13
  • The Corinthians knew what was going on but no one was mourning or casting them out.
  • Not saying something they were helping them to be delivered to destruction.
  • Leaven helps things rise. it doesn't take much of evil to destroy the whole bunch. Cast out the leaven and be a new lump. 
  • Not using malice and wickedness but sincerity and truth.
  • God will judge those who are without Him. We must judge those within via God's Word

Prayer Requests

Bontrager Family -  grieving the loss of their unborn baby
Larry D.  -  starting radiation this week
Fields family  -  moving to new house
Mallory family  -  building new house
Ed G., Kathy, Doug, Gary, Pete, Jordyn, Melody, Sara  -  health
Gintert family  -  problems with mini van
Lois S.  -  health
Penny W.  -  computer problems
Lois W.  -  health; living alone
Jerry  -  health; living alone

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