All you need is love
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Last Supper
Coexist
How should we respond to such an assault on what we hold sacred?
They don’t really know any better.
Benjamin Netanyahu
“Some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming 'Gays for Gaza,’” he said. “They might as well hold up signs saying 'Chickens for KFC.’”
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
39 “But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
40 “If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
41 “Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
Peter, In the 4th chapter of 1 Peter echos this idea of Christian service and Christian suffering for the sake of Christ.
1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
2 so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
3 For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.
4 In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you;
5 but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.
7 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint.
10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Arm Yourselves
Arm Yourselves
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Truth
Righteousness
Pease
Faith
Salvation
Word of God
Arm yourselves with the purpose of being prepared to suffer for righteousness.
ceased from sin.
Not that you will never sin, but that your willingness to “turn the other cheek” “Go the extra mile”; that is your willingness to suffer with Christ rather than to live in pleasure with the world is the PROOF MARK of having died to self and sin, and been raised with Christ.
VS 3. You’ve had your fun.
3 For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.
That doesn’t mean that you have to be a stick in the mud Christian that no one wants to be around.
22 A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
The worlds response.
So you arm yourselves, your focus is on living a spirit filled life.
4 In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you;
Go to a party and when offered a drink of alcohol, tell them you don’t drink. There is a good enough chance, you will be asked why.
malign you: Speak ill of you.
I think this is less obvious now, more than it was.
The younger generation, is more Live and Let Live than we were at their age.
When people see that you are not living the same hedonistic life that they are leading, your refusal to participate will cause them to compare your behavior to their own, and they will hate you for it.
The end is near
The end is near
Peter wrote this 2000 ish years ago and I’m supposed to convince you that when he wrote “The end of all things is near, it means the same thing now as it did then…..
The assassination attempt.
Complacency.
All the condition have been met for the end of times. Weather that starts with the rapture of the Church, or the beginning of the Tribulation period, it makes not difference. Once Christ ascended and the Holy Spirit was sent, the conditions are ripe.
Similarly, When God led His people out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, they could gone straight into the promised land. It would have taken less than a month. Instead, they wondered for 40 years.
But none the less, the promised land was always near……
7 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
Love one another
Love one another
8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint.
That is to say….That “magic ratio” is 5 to 1. This means that for every negative interaction during conflict, a stable and happy marriage has five (or more) positive interactions.
Use your gifts
Use your gifts
10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Romans 12: Prophecy, Serving, teaching, exhortation (Praying) Giving, Leadership, Mercy.
1 Cor 12: Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, Healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment, various tongues, interpretation of tongues.
Eph 4: Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers.
11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
You are HIS representative.
What they think of you will be what they think of HIM.