I. Two Lords-v.24 Each of us is CONTROLLED by something A.Two COMPETING Masters - Galatians 5:17 “For the Flesh Lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh.”
B. CONFLICTING Master - The Spirit and the Flesh are CONTRARY to one another.
Peter Forsythe “The Duty of every soul is not to find its freedom, but its master.
II. Two LOVES Hate is often used to speak of loving LESS Luke 14:26 “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple
Matthew 10:37 “He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”
A.A Love that is CONDEMNED 1 John 2:15 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him.”
- John Wesley defined the world as anything that COOLS our love for Christ. - Anything that draws us AWAY from God is worldly.
B. A Love that is COMMANDED Mark 12:30 “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
III. Two LOYALTIES A. A Total DEVOTION B.A Total DISREGARD
David Livingston “I am a missionary, heart and soul; God had an only Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. A poor, poor imitation of Him I am, or wish to be.”