Traits of the Spirit-Controlled Life: Love
Dr. George Bannister
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Living Life in The Spirit – Message #3
Traits of the Spirit – Controlled Life: Love
25 One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?”
27 The man answered, “ ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
28 “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”
29 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.
31 “By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.
32 A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side.
33 “Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him.
34 Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.
35 The next day he handed the innkeeper two silver coins, telling him, ‘Take care of this man. If his bill runs higher than this, I’ll pay you the next time I’m here.’
36 “Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits?” Jesus asked.
37 The man replied, “The one who showed him mercy.” Then Jesus said, “Yes, now go and do the same.”
Introduction:
A- The world talks a lot about love.
A- The world talks a lot about love.
1- In love songs
2- love scenes in movies
B- the church talks about love.
1- Love for God
1- In love songs
2- love of God
3- love for others
What does love really look like ?
I- LOVE IS UNIMPEDED ()
I- LOVE IS UNIMPEDED ()
2- love scenes in movies
25 One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?”
27 The man answered, “ ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
28 “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”
29 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
A- The Objects of love ().
A- The Objects of love ().
27 The man answered, “ ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
1- The Lord
1- The Lord
a- we are to love the Lord with all of our heart soul, mind, and strength.
B- the church talks about love.
soul, mind, and strength.
· καρδίας- the heart, center of physical and emotional life.
· ψυχῇ- the soul or eternal being
· ἰσχύϊ- Strength, might ability
1- Love for God
· διανοίᾳ- mind, intellect, understanding, imagination
2- Other People
2- Other People
a- We are to love other people as much as we love ourselves.
b-
2- love of God
B- The Objections to love ().
B- The Objections to love ().
29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
1- Wanted a statute of limitations.
1- Wanted a statute of limitations.
a. Due to selfishness, prejudices.
* The problem in the early church:
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3- love for others
1 Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God.
2 But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him.
3 “You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!” they said.
4 Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.
5 “I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me.
6 When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds.
7 And I heard a voice say, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.’
8 “ ‘No, Lord,’ I replied. ‘I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure or unclean.’
9 “But the voice from heaven spoke again: ‘Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.’
10 This happened three times before the sheet and all it contained was pulled back up to heaven.
11 “Just then three men who had been sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were staying.
12 The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry that they were Gentiles. These six brothers here accompanied me, and we soon entered the home of the man who had sent for us.
13 He told us how an angel had appeared to him in his home and had told him, ‘Send messengers to Joppa, and summon a man named Simon Peter.
14 He will tell you how you and everyone in your household can be saved!’
15 “As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.
16 Then I thought of the Lord’s words when he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”
18 When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said, “We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.”
2- The reason: Self-justification.
2- The reason: Self-justification.
a. We want our reasoning to be confirmed by God.
II- LOVE DOES NOT ACT ILL OR INDIFFERENT ().
II- LOVE DOES NOT ACT ILL OR INDIFFERENT ().
30 Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.
C- what does love really look like (according to the Scriptures).
A- Stopped his progress
A- Stopped his progress
1- He was not allowed to progress toward Jericho.
2- Causing others to stop growing or hindering them from trusting in Christ
is serious business.
serious business.
().
6 But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
7 “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
8 So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand or one foot than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your hands and feet.
9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
10 “Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father.
12 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!
14 In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.
B- Stripped of his clothing.
B- Stripped of his clothing.
1- He was not allowed to keep his own clothing.
2- Causing others to stumble spiritually exposes them to the evil elements of the world.
world.
C- Severely wounded him.
C- Severely wounded him.
1- The thieves wounded him and left him for dead.
2- Emotional and spiritual wounds run deep.
I- Love does not confine itself ().
D- Shamefully calloused attitudes.
D- Shamefully calloused attitudes.
1- The priest and Levite did not care if the man died.
2- Not caring about the Hurt of others is sin.
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7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.
14 Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
19 We love each other because he loved us first.
20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
III- LOVE IS SYMPATHETIC AND SELFLESS ().
III- LOVE IS SYMPATHETIC AND SELFLESS ().
A- the objects of love ().
31 “By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.
32 A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side.
33 “Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him.
34 Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.
35 The next day he handed the innkeeper two silver coins, telling him, ‘Take care of this man. If his bill runs higher than this, I’ll pay you the next time I’m here.’
36 “Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits?” Jesus asked.
37 The man replied, “The one who showed him mercy.” Then Jesus said, “Yes, now go and do the same.”
A- Compassionate heart ().
A- Compassionate heart ().
31 “By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.
32 A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side.
33 “Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him.
1- Compassion moves that inner man.
a. σπλαγχνίζομαι = “to be moved as to one’s inwards, to be moved with
compassion, to yearn with compassion,”[1]
1- The Lord
compassion, to yearn with compassion,”[1]
(Note )
32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
B- Caring actions ().
B- Caring actions ().
34 Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.
1- Real concerns overrides all else ().
41 Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!”
a- we are to love the Lord with all of our heart so mind and strength.
2- Ministry in action
3- using what is needed.
4- inconveniencing self to fulfill the needs of others
5- taking the person where help can be found.
καρδία
6- ministering until after the need is fulfilled.
καρδίας-
C- Costly commitment ().
C- Costly commitment ().
35 The next day he handed the innkeeper two silver coins, telling him, ‘Take care of this man. If his bill runs higher than this, I’ll pay you the next time I’m here.’
1- Committed - no matter the cost.
* like Jesus ()
14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.
15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
Conclusion:
καρδίας
ψυχῇ
Cambridge Greek Testament: Greek Text Chapter 10
ψυχῇ
Cambridge Greek Testament: Greek Text Chapter 10
ψυχῇ
[1] W. E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger, and William White Jr., Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Nashville, TN: T. Nelson, 1996), 116.
Cambridge Greek Testament: Greek Text Chapter 10
ἰσχύϊ
Cambridge Greek Testament: Greek Text Chapter 10
ἰσχύϊ
Cambridge Greek Testament: Greek Text Chapter 10
ἰσχύϊ
Cambridge Greek Testament: Greek Text Chapter 10
ἰσχύϊ
Cambridge Greek Testament: Greek Text Chapter 10
ἰσχύϊ