9.13.2009
This post isn't intended to be insanely deep or crazy long or anything...it's just something God brought to my attention during church today.
In Ephesians 5:1-5, God has a little "compare and contrast" section.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness or nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.God is giving us a sharp distinction between the love of God (vs. 1-2) and the love that the world has (vs. 3-5). God's love is sacrificial, and concentrated on the good of others. The world's form of love is concentrated on self - what I can get for myself, how I can gratify myself.
Just thought I'd share that ;-)
4 comments:
Funny that you point out that Love is sacrificial because I had that written in my Bible right next to those verses and when you told me to read them, I was going to show it to you but then didn't.
Very true!
Alex, the thought is so true!
Thank you for taking the time to point out that simple truth of scripture—even if its a hard truth to swallow sometimes.
Hey, Alex! I'm glad there are still people in the world who blog coherently. (Why, back in my day, all of the bloggers were coherent! And they liked it!) Anyways. Good finding you. Blog some more.
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