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God will have all, or none; serve him, or fall
   Down before Baal, Bel, or Belial;
   Either be hot or cold. God doth despise,
    Abhor, and spew out all neutralities.

 


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Assembly Times

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   Bible Classes (9:30)

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Auburn, AL 36830

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Sermon Series on the Book of 1 John
by Robert Harkrider

Sermons:

A Sin Often Overlooked

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1 John 1 - Actions  Speak Louder Than Words

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1 John 2 - The Love God Hates

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1 John 3 - The Love That God Commands

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1 John 4 - Truth or The Consequences

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1 John 5 - Things a Christian Knows for Sure

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Is Love to Blame?

by Steve Klein
 

Have you ever known parents who claimed that they loved their children too much to spank them?  Ever known someone who tried to justify having sex outside of marriage because they loved the person?  Ever known a Christian who would not rebuke and correct religious error because they loved others too much to hurt their feelings in this way?  I submit that in each of these cases, love is being blamed for something that it has nothing to do with. 

The Bible plainly teaches that love motivates us to do exactly the opposite of what was described in each of the preceding examples.

Love will cause us to discipline our children. "He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly" (Proverbs 13:24).

Love demands that we abstain from sexual immoralityIf we love someone, we are not going to participate with them in an act that will condemn their soul!  If we do, we are being selfish, not loving.  In Ephesians 5:2-3, God's word explains that walking in love involves avoiding fornication: "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. But fornication . . . let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints" (Ephesians 5:2-3).

Love will move of us to rebuke sin and correct errorLove will not allow us to stand idly by and watch those we care about lose their souls by committing sin or believing doctrinal error.   Jesus said, "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten" (Revelation 3:19).  The apostle Paul had strongly rebuked the Corinthians.  In 2 Corinthians 2:4 he explains why: "For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you."

The right kind of love will never cause us to do the wrong kind of thing.  Love "does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth" (1 Corinthians 13:6).  Real love will never be used to justify sin; rather, it will be used to help us identify what is what is right and good.  The Lord's will is "that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent" (Philippians 1:9-10).

Love always seeks the most lasting good for the one who is being loved.  Momentary pain or pleasure is not love's greatest concern.  Love is focused on the eternal welfare of the one who is loved.  "My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth." (1 John 3:18) 

Other Articles by Steve Klein
Winning Last Place
Can You be Trusted?
Hairpin Curves

 

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Student Sunday Night Home Study and Singing

 

 

Realizing Your Spirituality by Jonathan Perz - May 2, 2010
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Common Moral Challenges on Campus by Larry Rouse - April 18, 2010
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Overcoming Spiritual Sickness by Blake Edwards - April 3, 2010
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Encouraging the Heart by Larry Rouse - March 21, 2010
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Overcoming Self-Doubt by Ryan Hasty - March 7, 2010

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Trust in God! by Seth Buchanan

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University church of Christ

 

Assembly Times

 Sunday

   Bible Classes (9:30)

   AM Worship (10:20)

   PM Worship (6:00 pm)

 Wednesday

   Bible Classes
(7:00 PM)

 

Location

449 North Gay Street

Auburn, AL 36830

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Overcoming the Present Apostasy

Sermon Series by Larry Rouse

Piscataway, NJ Nov 20-22, 2009

 

 

Friday Night 7:30

Lesson1 - How Do We View the Bible?

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Saturday Night 7:30

Lesson 2 - How do we View the World?

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Sunday Morning 9:15
Lesson 3 - How do we View God's Order for Leadership?

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Sunday Morning 10:00
Lesson 4 - How Do We View the Local Church?

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Sunday Morning 11:00
Lesson 5 - How Do We View God's Instruction on Fellowship

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The Auburn Beacon - May 9, 2010 Edition

The Auburn Beacon - May 2, 2010 Edition

The Auburn Beacon - April 25, 2010 Edition

The Auburn Beacon -
April 18, 2010 Edition

The Auburn Beacon -
April 11, 2010 Edition


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