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Responsible Love With Others
Contributed by Jim Erwin on Dec 14, 2007 (message contributor)
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1. Love That Keeps Yourself In Control
Contributed on Dec 14, 2007
Responsible love will help us with self control.
Love that Keeps Yourself in Control Responsible Love with Others – Part 1 Romans 13:8-14 We want to look at how God teaches us as Christians to love. I want to call this love “responsible love.” You can love someone responsibly or irresponsibly. The Bible teaches us to be responsible in our ...read more
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2. Enjoying The Carnival Of Love
Contributed on Dec 14, 2007
Responsible love is self-control with others at the party - as we enjoy God’s carnival of love.
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. (Romans 13:13 NKJV) Let us imagine for one moment a scene. Someone has invited you to a party celebrating the victory of the Werder Bremen football team. It will take place at ...read more
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3. How To Avoid The Bite And Stin Of Alcohol
Contributed on Dec 14, 2007
Don’t let the snake of alcohol bite you and poison your life.
ILLUSTRATION: The bite of of snake and its effects Have you ever handled a snake? You know it is a very delicate matter to handle snakes. They can slip out of your hand very easily. When you don’t have them under control, a snake will do its best to snap at you and bite you. They hiss and then ...read more
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4. Keeping Your Marriage Relationship Pure
Contributed on Dec 14, 2007
Responsible love with others includes that I learn to share the bed with only my wife, and no one else. Self-control applies also in the bedroom.
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (Hebrews 13:4 NKJV) The word bed here is used in the New Testament a total of four times. Two times in Romans, once in Luke and once in Hebrews. In Romans 9:10, it says this: And not ...read more
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5. Misplaced Desire
Contributed on Dec 14, 2007
Being in lust is like eating eye candy and playing in the pig pen. God can help us overcome our misplaced desires for someone else.
Misplaced Desire Responsible Love with Others Part 5 Matthew 5:27-30 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes ...read more