Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David

Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

There are three themes that course throughout the gospel narrative, generosity, love, and patience.

In today's episode, Paul teaches how we can love our neighbors and share the love of Christ in our environments. Here's Paul.

What would it look like for you to love the people in your neighborhood like God in Christ has loved you.

Well, you probably don't need me to tell you this, but the biblical story is the most gorgeous love story ever.

Again, God so loved the world.

He loved the world that had turned its back on him. He loved the world that had turned its back on him.

He loved the world that was broken by sin.

He loved the world in all of its rebellion and destructive dysfunction.

He loved the world.

And you see, it's hit me that as I look at people,

I size up people quickly.

I make judgments without even knowing them.

And that frees me to be discompassionate and uninvolved.

It's wrong.

What would it look like for you to love the people in your neighborhood like

like God in Christ has loved you?

Like God loved, his broken, rebellious world. Love is such an important thing.

And think about this. If you only love the neighbors that deserve your love all the time,

you're probably not going to be loving very many people.

Because we're flawed people,

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