Christianity 101, Part 2

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, 507918

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Romans 12:9–16 Modeling a life well lived leaves one of the greatest legacies. In the final verses of Romans 12, Paul provides a "checklist" for pursuing Christlikeness and letting love take center stage. Learn with Pastor Chuck Swindoll the characteristics of love in action—what real love looks like using Christ as our example and guide. Let love define your life. Remember what truly lasts!

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0:00.0	The legacy we leave for our families has little to do with our financial portfolio or possessions.
0:13.0	Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall confronts this sobering reality as our study in Romans Chapter 12 continues.
0:24.6	This passage contains God's blueprint for authentic Christian living. The blueprint features seven virtues, love, affection, honor, enthusiasm, patience, generosity, and sympathy.
0:33.6	Prepare to be both convicted and equipped as you discover how these virtues become your roadmap for leaving a Christ-like legacy.
0:41.6	From his verse-by-verse study through Paul's letter to the Romans, Chuck titled today's message, Christianity 101.
0:59.7	First Corinthians 13 is the greatest treatise ever written on love.
1:04.6	If I were asked to give one sentence, it would be this.
1:08.7	Love is seeking the highest good of the other person.
1:13.6	It is seeking what's best for the other person. Sometime, admittedly, love is tough, firm, stern, strong-hearted, unwilling to look the other way.
1:24.6	It's not making someone comfortable. It's not telling them what they want to hear.
1:29.4	It is not treating them like they've treated us.
1:32.1	It is not looking the other way when we encounter wrong.
1:35.9	This part of love is tough love.
1:39.6	It's relentless.
1:42.8	There are other times when love must be tender, soft-hearted, marked by compassion, understanding, tolerance, grace, and forgiveness.
1:56.6	Both sides of the coin make this love authentic.
2:01.2	And you need both tough and tender.
2:04.9	Best example who's ever lived is, of course, Jesus of Nazareth.
2:10.4	Now, why is it such a high priority?
2:13.4	Why is seeking the highest good so valuable in life?
2:18.3	It's because it shapes and colors all the other virtues that we admit are important to life.
2:26.3	All the virtues I'll mention today are colored by our love, and so we'll return to the word over and over again.
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