4:11-21 A CD of this message will be available (free of charge) immediately following today's message This message will be available via podcast later this week at calvaryokc.com

4:11-21 “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear…” “… for you have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband."

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John 13:15 ~ If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 4:11-21

Perfected ~ teleioō – to fill, to bring to completion, to consummate 4:11-21 David Guzik ~ “The mature Christian will be marked by love. Again, the true measure of maturity is not the image of power, or popularity, or passionate feelings – but the abiding presence of God’s love in our lives, given out to others.”

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1 Cor. 13:1 ~ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. MSV ~ If I could speak with the greatest of all oratorical skills or use an ecstatic language fit for heaven itself but was not selfless in my thoughts, words and deeds, those words would only amount to a cacophonous commotion or a raucous racket. 4:11-21

Confess ~ same as v. 3 4:11-21

Philips ~ … for fear always contains some of the torture of feeling guilty. 4:11-21

Spurgeon ~ "Our lusts are cords that bind us. Fiery trials are sent to burn and consume them. Who fears the flame which will bring him liberty from intolerable bonds?" 4:11-21

What are some reasons we are afraid of love? Self-pity ~ I’ve been wounded before Self-protection ~ I don’t want someone to take advantage of me 4:11-21 Self-promotion ~ I want to appear more spiritual “Self”

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Phil. 1:9 ~ And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 4:11-21

1 Thess. 4:9 ~ But concerning you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to one another; 4:11-21 brotherly love philadelphia love agapaō

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Rom. 12:18 ~ If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. 4:11-21

Ps. 133:1-3 ~ 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing — Life forevermore. 4:11-21