Quote from the audio/video, The Roman Pilgrimage, Vol 4, Pt 2. Timothy 1:5 (NAS): But the goal of our instruction is love . . . The goal is love. And then he gives three conditions for maintaining love. . . . from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith. For some men straying from these things have turned aside to fruitless discussions, wanting to be teachers of the law . . . So any kind of teaching or preaching in church that does not produce love is fruitless discussion. It’s wasted, empty words. The only final goal of all teaching is love. The goal of our instruction is love. And believe me, brothers and sisters, I check on myself from time to time. I say am I really aiming at the goal? Or have I got diverted to secondary issues? I don’t want to be negative about the church, but I would say that there are relatively few congregations that really specifically make love their primary aim. We’ve somehow got diverted into lots of things that are important but they’re secondary. And they don’t work without love. Love is the motivating power that makes all the rest work. It’s the force that releases the water through the hose. Without that, you’ve got a hose, you’ve got a garden but you’ve got no water. You can wander around with the hose in your hand and look active but you’re not making anything grow. ******************************************************************************* To view this message in its entirety please click on the following link to our YouTube channel: youtu.be/Tkcy82QcIPg?list=PL_L1za0tEXFWUQ3pdP77HAzwkVxPvJXen
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 05:07:20 +0000
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