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Philippians 2:1-5 (view passage online)
Our shared experience of Christ’s love and the Spirit’s fellowship should compel us to live in unity. This requires humility, where we do nothing from selfish ambition but instead consider others’ interests as more important than our own.
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Ephesians 5:1-12 (view passage online)
As God’s beloved children, we should imitate Him by walking in love, just as Christ loved us. We were once darkness but are now light in the Lord, so we must have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness.
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Philemon (view passage online)
Paul writes to Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, a runaway slave who became a believer. He asks Philemon to receive Onesimus as a brother and offers to pay any debt the slave owes. This request provides a beautiful picture of forgiveness and the gospel.
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Galatians 6:1-5 (view passage online)
God calls believers to liberty, not as an opportunity for the flesh but to serve one another through love. Loving your neighbor as yourself fulfills the entire law. Believers who walk in the Spirit overcome the desires of the flesh.
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Galatians 5:1-6 (view passage online)
Believers must stand fast in liberty and avoid the law, because choosing circumcision makes Christ profit them nothing. They wait through the Spirit for the hope of righteousness by faith. Only faith working through love matters in Christ, as seen when the Holy Spirit convicts us of unkind words.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 (view passage online)
Believers should abound in love and aspire to live quietly, minding their own affairs and working diligently. This peaceful and productive life becomes a powerful witness to the world.
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Hebrews 13:1 (view passage online)
This message explores the new covenant command to love one another, which is an outflow of our new life in Christ. Unlike the old law, God gives believers not just a command to love but also the capacity to fulfill it by pouring His love into our hearts. We grow in this love by continually focusing on Jesus and abiding in Him through faith.
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2 John 4-11 (view passage online)
Pastor John Nuce
John rejoices to find believers walking faithfully in the truth. God transforms the old commandment to love by working that love from within us. Walking in truth and loving according to God’s Word always go hand in hand.
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1 John 2:7-11 (view passage online)
Pastor John Nuce
John explains the old commandment to love takes on new meaning under the new covenant. God now produces this love from within through the new heart and Spirit promised in Ezekiel. Walking in the light requires loving the brethren while walking in darkness guarantees hating them.