Walking In Love Series

The LBGTQ agenda of today is an affront on the Gospel; to rid the world of Genders is something Genesis will not allow. I have been blessed by 5 boys; the Bible says they will be men, biology says they will be men; they will be men… oh may God have mercy on our nation that has fallen prey to Romans 1 type thinking. Paul says, let it not even be named among you.

If you are living an adulterous lifestyle and you are in church; you are either miserable or you are mistaken.

All uncleanness—any form of impurity; God says, be perfect as your father in heaven is perfect; be holy as your father in heaven is holy; the standard of what God has called you and I to live up to is the standard of Christ.

Covetousness—insatiable desire for more; never satisfied

IMITATE GOD…mime… Paul says in Philippians 3:17, brothers, join in following my example, and note those who so walk…walk as we walk…but before you walk…watch…the word for NOTE is the Greek word SKOPOS…it is where we get the word scope and it implies a careful observation of or studying of another…

So, in bathing in the grace of God often, not only must we make the Gospel our daily soap; constantly bombarding our heart with the truth of Christ’s love for us… we also need to

Let the giants be your daily scope… skopos

1-the old…those that have lived life and walked with Jesus

2-the odd…2 Corinthians 5:12-14

3-the dead…the hall of Faith

4-the LORD…Jesus Christ Himself

Let gratitude be your daily pope…as in potpourri

Psalm 116:17: “I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.”

• We sacrifice our complaints.

• We sacrifice our fears

• We sacrifice our wants

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. HEBREWS 13:15

2. Speak the grace of God to soften.

Paul doesn’t just say not to do things impure, he moves into their speech..

No foolish talking or coarse jesting… foolish talking isn’t a command against humor. There is nothing wrong with a good joke from time to time…case in point; who in here knows who the shortest person in the Bible is? Zacchaeus is the usual answer, but in order to see Zacchaeus you have to overlook KNEE-HIGH-MIAH; and still yet you short change the shortest man in the Bible, Job’s poor counseling friend, BILDAD the SHOE-HEIGHT.

Humor is not anti-God. But foolish talking is making light of that which God calls dark; trivialize that which God calls evil and sin.

One of the way the enemy makes sin palatable to our senses is to make it seem harmless and humorous. Such is not the case; we will see in a moment, sin, at its core, is a crouching tiger that seeks to devour our soul; our testimony and our joy.

If you want to be a person who imitates God; who walks in love; you are going to have to be a person who keeps a right guard on your mouth. The Bible says, “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”

Which do you find yourself speaking more of…the sin of the world or the Savior of the world? Don’t bend your morals to blend in with your company…