THE PATH TO PERFECTION - part 1 love

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-ready to go on to perfection when..

   -repentence

   -faith become a lifestyle 

   -enjoy spirit baptism 

   -involving church life 

   -looking forward to Jesus' return, and we will stand before God

-perfect = complete, person of love like Jesus 

   -not sinless 

-perfection is a path we choose to take

-path to spiritual perfection is the way of love

   -God is who He is. Not just what He does

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-whoever does not love does not know God 

-God did not wait for us to better to love us. God loves us even when we do not know Him 

-we treating people like how Jesus treated the sinners 

-we can only live in God and God in us through love

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-love is the key to holy life 

-choose love instead of anger, forgiveness instead of resentment 

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-in the worst of Jesus' night, before going to the cross, He chose to love, and He had the inner peace 

   -Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, including Judas who will betray Him

-God's goal is not to make us impressive, but to make us loving 

-1 fruit of love, but expressed in different loving ways 

-love changes the heart, leads us to repentance, mountain moving faith 

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-holiness is produced by love, not pressure