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Authentic Faith and Love: A Guide to Unfeigned Living

Discover the importance of unfeigned faith and love in living authentically as Christians. Explore biblical teachings and examples on genuine service, love, and wisdom, avoiding hypocrisy to uphold true Christian values.

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Authentic Faith and Love: A Guide to Unfeigned Living

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  1. UnfeignedFaith and Love 1 Timothy 1:5 * 1 Peter 1:22

  2. Unfeigned • Unfeigned (Gr. anupokritos) means “without dissimulation” or “without hypocrisy”; genuine; not counterfeit (from “play-acting”) • Jesus rebuked the hypocrisy of the Jews (Mt. 6:2,5,16; 7:5; 15: 7; 16:3; 22:18; 23:13-29; Mk. 7:6; 12:15; Lk. 6:42; 11:44; 12:1,56; 13:15) • Paul rebuked the hypocrisy of Peter (Gal. 2:13) • Paul rebuked the hypocrisy of apostates (1 Tim. 4:2) and Peter rebuked it in 1 Peter 2:1

  3. Unfeigned • Genuine implies real, not fake • Genuine implies whole-heartedness, not apathy • Genuine implies strength, not watered-down • Christians must give real, whole-hearted, and strong service to God and others

  4. Unfeigned Faith • Paul admonishes Christians to have an “unfeigned faith” (1 Tim. 1:5; 2 Tim. 1:5) • A genuine, “unfeigned faith” comes from a heart and conscience that is pure (1 Tim. 1:5) • A genuine, “unfeigned faith” keeps one from drifting into error (1 Tim. 1:5-6) • A genuine, “unfeigned faith” can be passed down, or not (2 Tim. 1:5)

  5. Unfeigned Love • Peter admonishes Christians to have an “unfeigned love” (1 Pet. 1:22) • A genuine, “unfeigned love” will cause us to love one another fervently (1 Pet. 1:22) • A genuine, “unfeigned love” will cause us to serve God in all circumstances (2 Cor. 6:6) • A genuine, “unfeigned love” will cause us to choose good and reject evil (Rom. 12:9)

  6. Unfeigned Love • “Unfeigned love” will love… Enemies genuinely (Mt. 5:44) God genuinely (Mt. 22:37) Family genuinely (Eph. 5:22; Tit. 2:4) Brethren genuinely (1 Jn. 3:18)

  7. Unfeigned Wisdom • “Unfeigned faith” and “unfeigned love” come from “unfeigned wisdom” (Jas. 3:17) • God’s wisdom gives us the genuine faith we need (Rom. 10:17) and the genuine love we need (1 Jn. 4:7,11,19)

  8. Unfeigned Faith and Love • Do our children hear us say we have faith in God, then see us forsake the worship assembly, neglect prayer or Bible study? • Do our children see how we act kindly toward brethren, then hear something else negative about them later?

  9. Unfeigned Faith and Love Why are people hypocrites? • They are trying to cover some sin (Mt. 23:25-28) • They are trying to pretend to be someone they are not (Mt. 6:2,5,16; Lk. 20:20; Gal. 2:13) • They are trying to have something for nothing (Tit. 1:16)

  10. Unfeigned Faith and Love • Let us be genuine to the end (Phil. 1:10) • No hypocrite will be in heaven (Mt. 24:51)!

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