Love One Another - How to Love Those Who are "Different", Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 11 March 2025
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Summary
Have you ever wished that someone would look behind the smile, the makeup, and the clothes, to see who you really are - and accept you just as you are? We all long for that, and in this message Chip shares how Jesus taught us to love one another.
Main Points
To love each other the way Jesus loved His disciples means we must accept one another, just as Christ accepted us, in order to bring glory to God!
Dr. Larry Crabb – Connecting, page 66: “Connecting is a kind of relating that happens when the powerful life of Christ in one person meets the good life of Christ in another. What every Christian can pour into another is the powerful passion of acceptance, a passion that flows out of the center of the gospel, a passion that fills the heart of God.”
What does it mean to “accept one another?”
- Meaning of the word “Accept.”
- Meaning from the context. --Romans 15:1-6
- Meaning from the New Testament.
- Meaning from the text. --Romans 15:7
- Legalism: Judging others’ faith by extra-Biblical standards. --Romans 14
- Favoritism: Judging other by external appearance or possessions. --2 Corinthians 5:16; James 2:1-5
- Pre-judging: Judging others based on preconceived notions about them. --Luke 6:37
- Mind-reading: Judging others in areas that are impossible for us to assess. --1 Corinthians 4:1-5
- … interpersonal conflict in the church. --1 Corinthians 6:2-5
- … immoral behavior in the church. --1 Corinthians 5:1-6;1 Timothy 5:20
- … those who sin against us. --Matthew 18:15-17
- … when placed in positions of spiritual responsibility. --2 Timothy 4:1-3
- … to maintain doctrinal purity. --2 Timothy 4:15
- … when church unity is threatened. --Titus 1:10; 1 Timothy 5:20
- Remember what is at stake!
- Refuse to compare!
- Renew your view of others!
- Memorize: 2 Corinthians 5:16
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About Chip Ingram
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever wished that someone could look behind the smile, the look, the clothes, and see who you really are? |
| 0:08.0 | And then after they saw it, they would look you right in the eye and say, |
| 0:12.0 | I like you. I accept you. Wouldn't that be great? |
| 0:16.0 | Well, that's exactly what Jesus commands us to do, and he teaches us how to do it. |
| 0:21.9 | Stay with me and let's learn together. |
| 0:26.7 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge |
| 0:29.0 | with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:30.2 | The mission of this daily program |
| 0:31.7 | is to intentionally disciple Christians |
| 0:34.2 | through the insightful Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. |
| 0:37.1 | And we're in the middle of his series, Love One Another. |
| 0:39.7 | For the past handful of programs, we've learned about Christ's powerful command to love |
| 0:44.3 | and how we can develop deep intentional connections with others. |
| 0:48.2 | Today, Chip will dive into Romans Chapter 15 and reveal what the Apostle Paul teaches us |
| 0:52.9 | about accepting others as they are without judgment. |
| 0:56.0 | So grab your Bible as we join Chip for his talk, how to love those who are different. |
| 1:02.0 | I don't think there's anybody here who wouldn't deny that the greatest teacher that ever lived, |
| 1:06.0 | the person who's impacted history more than all others is the person of Jesus. |
| 1:11.6 | Not just by how he lived, and not only by the resurrection, but his teaching. |
| 1:17.6 | And the last night before he died, he summed up his teaching. |
| 1:21.6 | And he said, a new commandment I given to you, that you love love one another just as I have loved you. So love one another. |
| 1:33.3 | By this, all men will know that you're really my disciples. The trouble with words like love |
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