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  1. Welcome! Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM www.SunsetChurchofChrist.net

  2. Acts 6: Stephen’s Debate Conversion of Priests Debating within the Synagogue The charges: Blasphemy

  3. Acts 7: Stephen’s Defense Charge: Blasphemy (Moses, God, Temple) Survey of the Old Testament: Promises to the Patriarchs (Gal 3) Promises of Moses Consideration of the Temple

  4. Welcome! Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM www.SunsetChurchofChrist.net

  5. Psalm 107:22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing

  6. Growing in Christian Love1 Corinthians 13:1-82 Peter 1:5-7

  7. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another

  8. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another

  9. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another Philadelphia, brotherly affection

  10. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another Agapeos, love that seeks the best for another

  11. Paul’s Motivation Paul suffered greatly for the Gospel • Shipwreck • Imprisonment • Torture • Ultimately death WHY? 2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;

  12. 1 Corinthians 13 Paul spoke to the church about spiritual immaturity • Immorality among them • Division among them • Error in worship • Differing doctrines on marriage and meats Paul summed up the solution in I Corinthians 13

  13. All You Need is Love Love is the solution to spiritual immaturity • It solves the personal and doctrinal disputes • It grants peace and patience • It requires effort and diligence to perfect How do I “let brotherly love continue”?

  14. Scripture Mash-Up

  15. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 2 Peter 1:5-7 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. Scripture Mash-Up

  16. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Loveis patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 2 Peter 1:5-7 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. Scripture Mash-Up

  17. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Loveis patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 2 Peter 1:5-7 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. Scripture Mash-Up

  18. The Faith of Love Hebrews 6:9 But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. Love believes the best of things It does not think evil Love hopes for all things

  19. The Virtue of Love Love does not seek for itself Love does not boast Love is not puffed up 1 Corinthians 10:24 Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's wellbeing.

  20. The Understanding of Love Love does not envy Love does not rejoice when bad things happen Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins

  21. The Control of Love Love is not easily provoked Love does not behave rudely Ephesians 4:2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

  22. The Perseverance of Love 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all Love is patient Love endures all things

  23. The Godliness of Love 1 John 4:16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. Love rejoices with the truth

  24. The Kindness of Love Love is Kind Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

  25. Perfecting Ourselves by Loving the Brethren • Faith • Virtue • Understanding • Self Control • Patience • Godliness • Kindness This is what brotherly love looks like:

  26. Salvation From Sin: Eternal Life Put Your Faith in Christ through the Gospel John 8:24 Repent or turn from your sins Acts 2:38 Confess your faith in Christ Matthew 10:32-33 Be immersed in water Mark 16:16 Abide in Christ 2 John 9 Put into Christ

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