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A short clip: love is not a lie because God is love. Love does no harm to a neighbor, and the commandments—not our opinions—define love and harm.
Is love a lie?
Short answer: No—God is love; let God be true and every man a liar.
▶ 0:00 Is love a lie? First John 4:16 says God is love and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him so immediately we know the answer to the question God is love Romans 3:4 says let God be true but every man a liar so is love a lie no God is love who’s lying man Matthew 19:19. You shall love your neighbor as yourself so he sums them up he’s quoting out of the ten commandments.
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1 John 4:16 (NKJV)
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
— 1 John 4:16 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Romans 3:4 (NKJV)
Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.”
— Romans 3:4 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Matthew 19:19 (NKJV)
‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
— Matthew 19:19 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)How does Scripture define love?
Short answer: Love does no harm to a neighbor; the commandments define what harm and love are.
▶ 0:40 Paul in Romans 13:9 adds a little more to it for the commandments you shall not commit adultery you shall not murder you shall not steal you shall not bear false witness and not covet if there’s any other commandment there all summed up in this saying you shall love your neighbor as yourself and then he adds and says love does no harm to a neighbor therefore love is the fulfillment of the law everybody is defining harm and love differently that is the problem but right here in this scripture Romans 13:9 and when Jesus spoke it he is defining what harming your neighbor is he is defining what loving your neighbor is.
Scripture in this part
Romans 13:9-10 (NKJV)
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
— Romans 13:9-10 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:40 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Who sets the standard for love?
Short answer: The Ten Commandments, not our own opinions—don’t let the world deceive you.
▶ 1:35 The ten commandments are the standard. For what love is and what harm is. It is not our own definition our own opinion or our own beliefs you cannot make up your own criteria for what love is and since I want my name written in the lamb’s book of life we follow the lamb’s criteria for what love is and what harm is so don’t let the world deceive you. God has clearly defined it in the scriptures.
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