11/06/2025
First Love - Other loves ...
Matthew 22:37-39 (KJV) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
The love for Yourself
by your feeding habit- John 6:57
@ By how much you take care of your body as the house of God. Rom 12:1-2
who God says you are- Isa 53:1
Love for Your Neigbour
good to all men- Gal 6:10
ready to show them the way of salvation.
A. Love for the world.
1 John 2:15-17 (KJV) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
@ The love for the world is to love the things this would value.
1. Lust of the flesh - s*x, selfishness,
2. Lust of the eyes- materials, wants,
3. Pride of life- Achievements, fame, etc.
love for the world many manifest is these manners.
Love for the World
1. When the world (or any object in it) engrosses our thoughts to such a degree that it excludes serious reflection on the things of God, we love the world.
2. When the world is our constant associate, the last companion of our thoughts at night, and the first when we awaken in the morning, we love the world..
3. When the things of the world engross most of our conversation, we love the world.
4. If we are unwilling to part with worldly possessions when need be, or give anything up to God’s purposes, we love the world.
5. When we are discontent with our portion of the world’s goods, it