Let Love Be Genuine

First15 Devotional

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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This week in First15 we’re going to take a look at seven principles found in Romans 12 that describe the marks of a true Christian. The intent of studying this passage is not to condemn or lead you to comparison. Instead, let Paul’s teaching fill you with a deep, transformative longing to wholeheartedly pursue the life God intends for you. Ask God to help you see yourself as he sees you, to see the grace he’s placed upon your life by the blood of Jesus so that you might walk more fully in the power and anointing of the Spirit. May you discover God’s grace and perspective this week as you examine your life in light of this powerful passage of Scripture.

Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 12:9-10, and today's worship is First Love by Music Meets Heaven.

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0:00.0	This week, in verse 15, we're going to take a look at seven principles found in Romans 12
0:11.8	that describe the marks of a true Christian. The intent of studying this passage is not
0:17.3	to condemn or lead you to comparison. Instead, let Paul's teaching fill you with a deep,
0:23.2	transformative longing to wholeheartedly pursue the life God intends for you. Ask God to
0:29.6	help you see yourself as he sees you to see the grace he's placed upon your life by the blood
0:36.1	of Jesus so that you might walk more fully in the power and anointing of the Spirit. May you discover
0:43.3	God's grace and perspective this week as you examine your life and light of this powerful passage
0:50.1	of Scripture. Paul begins his description of what it looks like to be a true disciple of Christ
1:02.1	in Romans 12 with a foundational phrase for this passage, let love be genuine. genuine love is one
1:09.9	of the most powerful forces in all of creation. genuine love drove Jesus through his life,
1:16.8	death and resurrection. genuine love started the advance of the gospel, leading to the salvation
1:23.7	of billions. The world tirelessly searches for genuine love and it is genuine love that is meant
1:31.4	to set you in me apart as disciples of Jesus. Scripture says in 1 John 4 7 through 11,
1:39.7	beloved, let us love one another. For love is from God and whoever loves has been born of God and
1:46.4	knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God because God is love. In this the love of God
1:54.3	was made manifest among us that God sent his only son into the world so that we might live through
2:00.5	him. In this is love not that we have loved God but that he has loved us and sent his son to be
2:07.7	the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
2:16.4	Paul sums up his beautiful description of love in 1 Corinthians 13 13 this way.
2:23.3	So now faith, hope and love abide these three but the greatest of these is love. In Jesus when
2:31.4	asked what the greatest commandment is said you should love the Lord your God with all your heart
2:37.3	and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment and the
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