Playlist: Love (sermon series)
John W. Ritenbaugh
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Love and Fellowship
The World in the ChurchFellowship with God is the only antidote to overwhelming feelings of despair, doubt, and self-condemnation.
Love's Importance and Source
Where Love BeginsGod is the source of real love; mankind by nature does not have it. It is only by knowing God that we can have this love. Godly love is a cycle that God initiates.
Love's Basic Definition
What is Love?Love is not a feeling, but an action—defined as keeping God's commandments, the only means by which we can possibly know Him, leading to eternal life.
Love's Emotional Dimension
God and LoveLove doesn't become 'love' until we act. If we don't do what is right, the right feeling will never be formed; emotions are largely developed by our experiences.
Love's Greatest Challenges
Using God's Love in Our LivesAn irrational fear of loss prevents the development of agape love — we fear that keeping God's commandments will cause us to lose something valuable.