1Co 13:13; 2Ti 3:10-11; Rom 8:28-32; Jam 1:2-4; 2Ti 4:2; 2Co 1:6.
ROMANS-359-120315 - length: 62:00 - taught on Mar, 15 2012
Class Outline:
Pastor-Teacher
John Farley
Thursday,
March 15, 2012
GAL 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;
1 Cor 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Running the race:
FAITH is the strategy
HOPE is the vision
LOVE is the destination
The greatest of these is love, but love takes time and patience to arrive into, 2TI 3:10-11.
After years of absorbing the teaching, day by day, and then living in the conduct, the royal family honor code, something starts to emerge!
prothesis
a setting forth, i.e. (figuratively) proposal (intention); that which is planned or purposed in advance -
First stop is FAITH.
And from there the only way to get to LOVE is through patience!
The Greek word is makrothumia.