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Sep 26, 2024 · The phrase the love of Christ could be interpreted in two ways: Christ’s love for people, or the apostles’ love for Christ. Either provides motivation to take the gospel to distant lands in the face of opposition. The great love of Christ was such that “Christ died for all” people (2 Corinthians 5:14, NLT).
Jan 30, 2024 · We will stand before Him one day and want to hear “Well done,” not rebuke. Christ’s love compels us to align our priorities and choices now with that coming day of judgment in view. Pleasing Him is paramount. 13. Christ’s love compels us to see people differently
“And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma” (Ephesians 5:2); “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness” (1 Peter 2:24); “who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His ...
It took away his options, and he was backed into a corner, held firmly, unmistakably, unshakably, by the love of Christ. "The love of Christ," he said, "compels me." We are compelled because we are convinced. In 2 Corinthians 5:14, Paul lists three ways the love of Christ has hemmed him in. First, "Christ's love compels us, because we are ...
Apr 17, 2018 · Are we head over heels in love with Jesus? Does His love compel us always? Is there a desire to pray or have we become complacent? Our desire should be to love Jesus with all our heart, mind and soul. (Matthew 22:37) “For the love of Christ compels us…” (2 Corinthians 5:14a) Paul knew what it was like. He lived in a way that the love of ...
Jul 16, 2013 · God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved — and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · “Christ’s love compels us” is an interesting expression, full of meaning. “Christ’s love” can refer both to Christ’s love for Paul and to Paul’s love for Christ. The love of Christ that Paul had experienced, and the love that Paul, in return, now had for Christ, compelled him. The love of Christ is not just a thing to know, or ...