Walking in Christlike Love: Guarding Hearts and Speech

``Now, happiness is not the ultimate aim of life. If you if you aim to be happy and happiness is what you want out of life, you're gonna be a very miserable person. But, if your aim and your hope and your your desire is to please God with your life, you're gonna be a very happy person. Doesn't mean that you've got everything that you want. Doesn't mean that God blesses you and you become a billionaire. Doesn't mean that every that every situation works out in your favor. That's not what it means. But it means there is a joy of the Lord that fills your heart. [00:44:38] (30 seconds)  #I’m seeing a long repeated block of text—could you confirm how many separate quotes you want hashtags for or provide the quotes separated/numbered?

that every time a child of God sins that now somehow they're not God's child? No. It's not what scripture teaches us. Scripture teaches us clearly. Scripture teaches us time and time again that when you become a child of God, you are a child of God forever. That you are kept by his hand and by his power. That it is not of your might or your works that you are saved. It is not by your might or your works that you continue to be saved. You are saved by God's grace and that grace is unchanging. [00:53:48] (31 seconds)

And, what we understand is that we serve a God who is who who who is set on redemption in the world. That's the story of scripture from beginning to end. From Genesis chapter one to the end of Revelation, Every bit of this story is about how God is redeeming mankind. How God is taking broken and messed up people, and he is reuniting them in relationship with him and with one another. God loves broken people. Because guess what? That's all he has. It's all broken. Every one of us are broken people living in a broken world. [00:40:47] (32 seconds)

It's important that we can handle both of these things. Sin is serious. Sin has consequence. Sin is heavy, and it is weighty, and it and it breaks, and it and it causes issues and problems in our life. But God is greater. God is more powerful. God has the ability to bind the broken, and he has the ability to loose the captives, that he has the ability to set things right when they've been broken before. These are the two principles of what it means to be a Christian. [00:41:55] (29 seconds)

And, what we're gonna see throughout chapter five is that the basis and foundation of every relationship that you have and that I have in my life is love. That's the foundation. And, the question is, where is that love applied? And is it understood correctly? Because the first two verses say, this is the love of Christ, a love that sacrifices of itself, that cares about those who it's in relationship with. This is what Christ has modeled and displayed for you, that at every point and every turn, that Jesus has lived a life that was dedicated to the giving to others and the betterment of the people who were around him. And so we see, have I lived a life that exemplifies the same? [00:27:04] (41 seconds)

This is the idea that that that even if we haven't made those steps, even if we haven't committed that sin per se, but instead that there are just relationships in my life that I've allowed to step in to cross boundaries. It's the fact that I have relationships in my life that are not honoring the commitment that I've made to my spouse. That I have relationships in my life in which I have said things, in which I've allowed my emotions to be displayed in such a way that is not honoring to the love that God has placed together between a husband and a wife. [00:34:25] (31 seconds)

What's the end of verse number three say? He says there's these three sins. There's this fornication. There is, this uncleanness and this covetousness. Let them not be once named among you. That's why we stop for a minute and talk about this. These are not things that are to be made light of. They're not things that should be treated lightly. These are serious issues and serious problems that we as a church, and we as individuals, and we as families should face and address. [00:39:39] (32 seconds)

We oftentimes like to think about God's mercy, God's grace, and God's love, which have been extended to every single one of us. There's not a person in this room or in this world who's committed any sin that is beyond the reach of the love of Christ. God has extended his mercy, has extended his love, but that does not mean that God does not have wrath. It does not mean that God does not bring judgment. It does not mean that there are not incredibly difficult consequences on the other side of that sin. [00:58:00] (33 seconds)