1. STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans…
… take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]!
Have the attitude of the Bereans…

2. The Spirit of
WISDOM and
UNDERSTANDING

3. UNWAVERING Faith RESULTS in
Part Four:
UNWAVERING Faith RESULTS in
UNHYPOCRITICAL Love!

4. Hebrews 11:3
By FAITH we understand that the worlds were prepared by the WORD of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

5. UNWAVERING FAITH Comes from WISDOM from ABOVE!

6. James 3:17
But the WISDOM from ABOVE is FIRST PURE, then PEACEABLE, GENTLE, REASONABLE, FULL of MERCY and GOOD FRUITS, UNWAVERING, WITHOUT HYPOCRISY.

7. James 1:5-8
[5] But IF any of you LACKS WISDOM,
LET THEM ASK of God, WHO GIVES to all men GENEROUSLY and WITHOUT REPROACH,
[(G3679) reprimand, criticism]
and IT [WISDOM] WILL BE GIVEN to them.

8. [6] But LET THEM ASK IN FAITH
WITHOUT ANY DOUBTING,
for the one who DOUBTS is like the surf of the sea DRIVEN and TOSSED by the wind.
DOUBT, (G1252) from diá (G1223), ‘through’, and krinō, (G2919) ‘to judge’; ‘to judge through’.
To separate oneself from; to waver, to stagger.

9. UNSTABLE in ALL their WAYS.
[7] For LET NOT that ONE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING from the Lord,
[8] being a DOUBLE-MINDED INDIVIDUAL,
UNSTABLE in ALL their WAYS.
[(G1374) ‘two-spirited’]

10. Discipleship Lesson #1
UNWAVERING FAITH TRUSTS that God WILL DO what He SAYS He WILL DO, EVEN IF – it DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOW! EVEN IF – God DELAYS!

11. UNWAVERING FAITH Produces UNWAVERING LOVE!

12. Ephesians 4:14-16
[14] As a result, we are no longer to be children, TOSSED HERE and THERE by waves, and CARRIED ABOUT by every WIND of DOCTRINE, by the TRICKERY of men, by CRAFTINESS in DECEITFUL SCHEMING;

13. INTO HIM, Who is the head, even Christ,
[15] but SPEAKING the TRUTH in LOVE,
we are to GROW UP in (ALL aspects) [EACH AND EVERY THING]
INTO HIM, Who is the head, even Christ,
[16] from WHOM the whole body, BEING FITTED and HELD TOGETHER…

14. according to the PROPER WORKING of EACH INDIVIDUAL PART,
[16] … by that which EVERY JOINT SUPPLIES,
according to the PROPER WORKING of EACH INDIVIDUAL PART,
causes the GROWTH of the body
for the BUILDING UP
of itself IN LOVE.

15. Discipleship Lesson #2
The church, the body of Christ, is built UP IN LOVE, when –
it is NOT LED ASTRAY by false doctrines!
but SPEAKS the TRUTH in LOVE!
through EACH member DOING their INDIVIDUAL PART!

16. 1 Timothy 6:17-19
[17] Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be CONCEITED or to FIX their HOPE on the UNCERTAINTY of RICHES,
but on GOD, Who RICHLY SUPPLIES us with ALL THINGS to enjoy.

17. to be GENEROUS and READY to SHARE,
[18] Instruct them to DO GOOD, to be RICH in GOOD WORKS (fruits),
to be GENEROUS and READY to SHARE,
[19] storing up for themselves the TREASURE of a GOOD FOUNDATION for the future,
so that they may take hold of that which is LIFE INDEED.

18. Romans 5:1-2
[1] Therefore having been JUSTIFIED by FAITH, we have PEACE with God through OUR LORD Jesus Christ, [2] through Whom also WE HAVE OBTAINED OUR INTRODUCTION BY FAITH INTO THIS GRACE in which we STAND;
FAITH, we have PEACE with God through OUR LORD Jesus Christ, and we EXULT in HOPE of the GLORY of God.

19. Discipleship Lesson #3
We ARE NOT to SET our HOPE on the THINGS of this world – but RATHER on GOD, Who RICHLY SUPPLIES us with ALL THINGS to enjoy.

20. LET LOVE be without HYPOCRISY

21. the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense.
hy·poc·ri·sy

22. A Quote by Warren Wiersbe
“TRUTH without LOVE is BRUTALITY,
and LOVE without TRUTH is HYPOCRISY.”

23. Romans 12:9-13 ABHOR what is EVIL; CLING to what is GOOD.
[9] LET LOVE BE without HYPOCRISY.
ABHOR what is EVIL;
CLING to what is GOOD.

24. give preference [G4285] to one another in honor;
[10] BE DEVOTED [G5387] to ONE ANOTHER
philos [G5384] a friend + storgeh [no #] tender affection
in BROTHERLY LOVE; [G5360]
philadelphia [G5360] love of brethren
give preference [G4285] to one another in honor;
pro [G4253] before + hēgeomai [G2233] to lead the way, to think; Fig. to lead by example

25. FERVENT in spirit, SERVING the Lord;
[11] NOT LAGGING BEHIND in DILIGENCE,
FERVENT in spirit, SERVING the Lord;
[12] REJOICING in HOPE,
PERSEVERING in TRIBULATION,
DEVOTED to PRAYER,

26. practicing HOSPITALITY.
[13] CONTRIBUTING [G2841, sharing] to the needs of the saints,
practicing HOSPITALITY.
Philonedzia, [G5381] from love, [G5382] kindness or love to strangers. Used only here and Heb 13:2.
Philonedzenos, [G5382] from phileō [G5368] to love, + xenos [G3581] stranger; kindness or love to strangers. Used in 1 Tim 3:2; Tit 1:8; 1 Pet 4:9.

27. DEVOTED to ONE ANOTHER in LOVE!
Discipleship Lesson #4
LOVE is to be WITHOUT HYPOCRISY
DEVOTED to ONE ANOTHER in LOVE!

28. 1 John 3:18-19 but in DEED and TRUTH.
[18] Little children, let us NOT LOVE with WORD or with TONGUE,
but in DEED and TRUTH.
[19] We shall KNOW BY THIS that we are of the TRUTH,
and shall ASSURE our HEART BEFORE HIM,

29. But rather in TRUTH by WHAT we DO!
Discipleship Lesson #5
WE ARE NOT TO LOVE only with our WORDS –
But rather in TRUTH by WHAT we DO!

30. 1 Timothy 6:20-21
[20] O Timothy, GUARD what has been ENTRUSTED to you,
AVOIDING worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge” –
[21] which SOME HAVE PROFESSED and THUS GONE ASTRAY from the FAITH. Grace be with you.

31. Discipleship Lesson #6
To AVOID HYPOCRITCAL LOVE –
GUARD the PURE KNOWLEDGE of TRUTH that has been ENTRUSTED to you!

32. Ephesians 6:23-24
[23] PEACE be to the brethren,
and LOVE with FAITH, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[24] GRACE be with ALL THOSE WHO LOVE our Lord Jesus Christ WITH A LOVE INCORRUPTIBLE. [G861]
[“in sincerity”; “with an unending existence”]

33. Discipleship Lesson #7 WITH AN UNENDING LOVE!
Pray that God’s GRACE be with ALL THOSE WHO LOVE our Lord Jesus Christ
WITH AN UNENDING LOVE!

34. 1 John 3:23-24 that we BELIEVE IN the NAME of His Son Jesus Christ,
[23] And THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT,
that we BELIEVE IN the NAME of His Son Jesus Christ,
and LOVE ONE ANOTHER,
just as He commanded us.

35. And WE KNOW by this that He ABIDES in us,
[24] And the ONE WHO KEEPS His COMMANDMENTS ABIDES IN Him, and He in them.
And WE KNOW by this that He ABIDES in us,
by the SPIRIT Whom He HAS GIVEN US.

36. Discipleship Lesson #8
For US to ABIDE IN God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit,
and to HAVE Them to ABIDE IN US –
we MUST KEEP the commandment to LOVE ONE ANOTHER!

37. Romans 15:13
Now may the God of HOPE FILL you with ALL JOY and PEACE in BELIEVING, that you may ABOUND in HOPE by the POWER of the Holy Spirit.
[G4100] to be PERSUADED something is TRUE.

38. UNWAVERING FAITH Discipleship Lesson #9 Produces ABOUNDING HOPE
by the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT!

39. Here is Your Invitation to Live in UNHYPOCRITICAL LOVE
through UNWAVERING FAITH!