The Goal of Our Instruction (Part 4)
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Title: The Goal of Our Instruction
(Part 4)-------------- Date: 2/14/2000
Keywords:
"conscience" "faith" "heart" "love"
"pure"
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Passage: 1 Timothy 1:5*
But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good
conscience and a sincere faith.
Question
In the last two lessons we have looked at love from a pure heart and
love from a good conscience, today let’s ask the question, "What would love from
a sincere faith look like?"
Practical help
Biblical faith is not a strong hope that something might be true. It
is the deep conviction that the visible world is ordered by the invisible laws of God.
All of us exercise faith every day when we step into elevators or accelerate onto
freeways, but the faith talked about in this verse is about one thing only, and that is an
absolute faith that Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross was enough to see to it that any
sinner who simply believes in his or her mind, can enter heaven – with the full
entitlements that would be given to the heirs of a king. But not just any king, this king
is The King of Kings and The Lord of Lords! For all who have a sincere faith in what God
has done and can continue to do in their lives, there will be given the ability to love as
Jesus loved.
A sincere faith should conclude that in light of what we have in Jesus, pornography is a
terrible waste of time. This type of faith is enough to restore us to the full stature of
what we really are – Children of The King.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright
The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission."