Welcome to deepen with Pastor Jobi Martin.

The Church of 1122 is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ.

And we're praying this message helps you deepen your relationship with him.

Now let's dive in.

Hey, church family, welcome back to week 26 of the Deep and Devo.

Our one another today we find in 1st Peter chapter 4, verse 8.

And Peter says, above all.

So anytime the Bible tells you that this is the most important thing,

you should really pay attention.

So he says, above all else, keep loving

one another earnestly since love covers a multitude of sins. So what are you doing in a world that

is seemingly falling apart and people are letting you down and every time you turn on the news

is bad news and bad news and bad news and you go to church with people and guess what?

Church people are people too.

What do you do with broken relationships, with broken promises?

What do you do with people that you love and committed to, but they're not perfect?

Peter says this, above all else. Love one another deeply or earnestly.

That means don't stop. Why? Because love covers a multitude of sins.

Well, this past week we talked about the cross of Jesus Christ. And quite honestly, the word crucifixion leads to the word that we get excruciating from.

It means from the cross. And it was even excruciating just to walk through what Jesus did on our behalf.

And the reason that he did that was for the glory of his father, but it was also to demonstrate

his love for us.

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