Faith Worketh by Love

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Galatians 5:6 GW

As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.

Ephesians 3:16–20 GW

I’m asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of his glory. I pray that he would give you inner strength and power through his Spirit. Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation. This way, with all of God’s people you will be able to understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is. You will know Christ’s love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God. Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power he can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.

I. Man has had an abundance of spiritual death.

A. It has been his master

B. War and crime are the very nature of Satan

II. , There is combat between life and death ---between God’s nature and Satan’s nature

Galatians 5:17 KJV 1900

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

A. Just as Satan’s nature swallowed up mankind, God is giving eternal life in such abundance that it will swallow up death. Glory ,

Isaiah 61:2 KJV 1900

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all that mourn;

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Isaiah 61:1–3 KJV 1900

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; Because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, To give unto them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they might be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

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2 Corinthians 5:4 GW

While we are in this tent, we sigh. We feel distressed because we don’t want to take off the tent, but we do want to put on the eternal house. Then ⌊eternal⌋ life will put an end to our mortal existence.

2 Corinthians 5:4 GW

While we are in this tent, we sigh. We feel distressed because we don’t want to take off the tent, but we do want to put on the eternal house. Then ⌊eternal⌋ life will put an end to our mortal existence.

III. Being rooted and grounded in Love.

A. We must become Love-of God Minded.

1. , Why does this power not prevail more?

Ephesians 3:20 KJV 1900

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

2. , — He cannot back words of malice.

Ephesians 4:30–32 KJV 1900

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

B. Being filled with the fullness of God (,

Ephesians 5:1 GW

Imitate God, since you are the children he loves.

1. When we walk as Jesus walked

2. Talk as Jesus Talked

3. Then , will truly be a reality and through the Holy Spirit we will do greater works.

John 14:12 KJV 1900

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

4. , All faith works by Love.

Galatians 5:6 GW

As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.