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God is sovereign over all things and that includes human government. Romans 13:1 informs us that there is no authority except that which God has established – the authorities that exist in our day are under God’s authority.

It is important to listen to God and learn from Him and His Word, and to make sure we are passing that knowledge along to the next generation.

James Chapter One

There is no handout for tonight’s service.

This “love” is “agape,” the love of God.  Here is the love God has for us and the love we are to have for each other.  Jesus is the perfect example of agape love – love hates evil and clings to what is good.

“We must make a great difference between God’s word and the word of man. A man’s word is a little sound, that flies into the air, and soon vanishes; but the Word of God is greater than heaven and earth, yea, greater than death and hell, for it forms part of the power of God, and endures everlastingly.” Martin Luther (1483-1546)

One key to spiritual vitality is not getting more from God but in giving God our all.  Matthew 6:33, Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you.

Our strength comes from being plugged into the strength of God.  Loving God with all our strength means making sure we are putting on the full armor of God so that we can love God with a greater intensity, and a higher level of quality, and a superior abundance.

God mercifully saves a people for Himself.  He does this through His mighty power and grace.

To love the Lord with all of our mind means making sure that the "mind" doesn't simply justify what the heart loves.  Instead, the mind makes the heart and will accountable to the written Word.

God has purposed to save all of His elect – our “names written in the Book of Life from before the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8).  We must rest in His promises because God will surely finish what He has started (Psalm 138:8).  God’s “elect” are both Jew and Gentile.

How can anyone place their faith in the Gospel unless someone brings the gospel to them?  Our “job” here and now is to “let your light shine.”