Jesus Christ did not come to condemn us, but He did come to admonish us stop listening to the foolishness of the devil and disobeying the instructions of God.
Every time we decide to “do our own thing” rather than following God’s instructions, we ultimately learn, by our own experience, that God’s instructions are correct and our “thing” is wrong.
Jesus saved the day at a wedding at the behest of the mother whom He loved, because Jesus’ ministry was not about ceremonial law or sacrifices, but about love.
The relationship between men and women is a microcosm of the relationship between man and God. It is impossible to be both promiscuous and Godly, because God does not endorse the promiscuity of either men or women.
1 Corinthians 5:4-5 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
March 13, 2011
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The purpose of Biblical love is to facilitate salvation, that men should not perish but have everlasting life. Since none of the attributes of Biblical love are emotions, it is possible to show love to someone for whom you feel no emotion whatsoever, or even someone for whom you feel negative emotion. Love requires us to perform loving actions because of God’s command to do so.
2 Kings 4:32–33 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
March 6, 2011
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If we fail to recognize that the only reason that we hold a place in God’s Kingdom is because our sins have been forgiven, we will arrogantly think that we are better than we are and feel conceitedly justified in not forgiving others and thus displaying the love that Jesus commands.
1 Kings 19:1-2 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
February 27, 2011
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Submission and love is the crux of Christianity, and only as we show that love to one another in our most intimate relationships can others see our Christian testimony. If we show our Christian “love” only to those with whom our relationship is peripheral, we have not really passed the test, because the real test is our ability to sacrifice ourselves for one another, as Jesus sacrificed Himself for us.
1 Kings 11:4 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
February 20, 2011
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The Lord has given women a way to control men; it’s just not by arguing. Husbands have authority, while wives have influence. Men are, by design, emotionally dependent on their wives, and if wives use the tool that they are given to positively control their husband’s emotions rather than trying to use the negative tool of argument, wives will, according to the Scripture, be successful in getting that which they desire from even those men that do not obey the Word of God.
