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“ Summary, Part 4 (final) ” Rom 14:19 – The Greek word for ‘pursue’ is sometimes translated as ‘persecute’: to chase down with a holy vengeance. Rom 15:5-7 – This perseverance is a gift to glorify Him and His Son. 1 Cor 12:25 – If we care for one another, we will know Christian unity. 1 Thes 5:13 – A spirit of animosity will come through in the voice. What do we say and think about our brethren? Jas 5:9 – Complaining is not a spiritual gift. CONCLUDING APPLICATIONS [50:40]. 1. Let us regard our duty to serve one another self-sacrificially as a great privilege. We’re never more like Christ when we’re serving others (cf. Eph 5:2). 2. Let us regard our duty to be kind and gracious to one another with cheerful anticipation. Happy is the Christian who is gracious to his brethren. Little things have done great things in peoples’ lives. 3. Let us regard our duty to live in unity and at peace with one another as a great blessing. a. Mt 5:9 – we are to be the peacemakers because Christ is the ultimate peacemaker. b. It is worth the pain. Eph 4:3 – peace and unity don’t maintain themselves. Rom 12:18 – be at peace with all men.
Ian Migala (8/22/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” What are some facets of Christian love? 1. BROTHERLY LOVE IS SELFLESS AND SACRIFICIAL [18:28]. Jn 15:12 – Here is our model. Think of what Christ did for unlovable people like us. 1 Jn 3:16-17 – Christian love is generous. If it doesn’t have much, it still gives what it has. 1 Jn 3:15, 18; Jas 2:14, 17 – Our eternal destiny is dependent on whether or not we reach out and meet the needs of our brethren. Has God brought a needy Christian into your life? 2. BROTHERLY LOVE IS GRACIOUS AND KIND [27:24]. Rom 12:10 – Affection is the thrust of this passage. 1 Thes 2:5-8 – Paul went to that church as a loving parent. This sort of live is its own reward. Phil 2:3-8 – Again, Paul looks to Christ for the example. 3. BROTHERLY LOVE IS PEACEABLE AND UNIFYING [34:33]. It is a servant mentality, not a performance mentality. Gal 5:13-15 – Any Christian has enough self-esteem to blow a church to pieces. Rom 12:16 – This oneness of mind concerns the essentials of the Christian faith. Rom 14:13 – Churches can elevate secondary matters into primary ones and fall into legalism, which splits churches and drives Christians away.
Ian Migala (8/22/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” We can glean a few things from this passage: 1. Brotherly love is a commandment, not a suggestion. 2. More to the point: the command to love our Christian brethren is part of God’s moral law. 3. This commandment extends to all Christians, since it extends to all men. 4. We show that we love our brethren as we obey the Ten Commandments; in other words, God’s commandments express what brotherly love looks like in practice. 5. Love is a duty we can never fully discharge, either in this life or in the life to come. We will our love to our brethren forever. Some Christians who regard love only as an emotion – and that we cannot command our emotions – believe it wrong to command love. But that notion is wrong for three reasons: 1. Love is far more than a warm emotion. It is a dispensation to do what is right and good to other people. 2. It is right for God to command us to also have proper feelings toward them. 3. Not a few professing Christians appear to want to have the right to just spontaneously love others out of the goodness of their own hearts without needing to be prompted by God. This is the folly of following our hearts.
Ian Migala (8/22/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” We continue in III. WHAT MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES DO CHRISTIANS SHARE AS BRETHREN? with C. THE VARIOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF OUR MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES: OUR DUTY TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER IS EXPRESSED IN THE MANY ‘ONE ANOTHER’ EXHORTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT [starting at 1:09 of the audio]. As impossible as it is for us to love God fully in this life, it seems easier than loving our brethren. This is why love is a crucial grace. There is nothing unlovable about God, but a lot that is unlovable about us. Despite that, we are growing less like our old selves and more like our Lord. Love is a grace that leaves us better than it finds us. Why should we love our Christian brethren? Because we are commanded to love our enemies and all men. If so, then we are certainly commanded to love our brethren. [9:17] Rom 13:8-10 – Love does no wrong; it does what is right.
