How Is Your Love Life

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How Is Your Love Life?

• Ephesians 51-7

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I. A Call to Follow God (51-2a).

• Follow imitate mimic
• As obedient children, not fashioning
• yourselves according to the former lusts
  in
• your ignorance 15 But as he which hath
• called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
  
• manner of conversation 16 Because it is
  
• written, Be ye holy for I am holy.
• 1 Peter 114-16

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• Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
  not yet appear what we shall be but we know
  that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him
  for we shall see him as he is.
• 1 John 32

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A fundamental Attribute of God is...
L O V E
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II. Gods Love Exemplified (52b-end).

• Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he
  laid down his life for us
• (example)
• and we ought to lay down our lives for the
  brethren.
• (expectation)
• 1 John 316

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• Let this mind be in you, which was also in
  Christ Jesus 6Who, being in the form of God,
  thought it not robbery to be equal with God 7But
  made himself of no reputation (unselfish), and
  took upon him the form of a servant, and was made
  in the likeness of men 8And being found in
  fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
  obedient unto death, even the death of the
  cross. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted
  him (acceptable), and given him a name which is
  above every name 

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III. Counterfeit Love (53-4).

• Counterfeit love is based on
• temporal values
• fleshly desires
• selfish motives.
• Counterfeit love is self-seeking.

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• Terms associated with the counterfeit
• love life (3).
• Fornication, uncleanness,
  covetousness
• B. Related sins (4).
• filthiness, foolish talking,
• course jesting

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Thanksgiving is a sign of
Contentment
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IV. The Plain Truth (55-7).

• Perversion leads to alienation from God (5).
• Yikes!!
• Alienation brings judgment (6).
• UH OH !!
• Straight forward admonition (7).
• Turn Around !!

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