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- 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh.
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Sep 26, 2024 · When the apostle Paul wrote, “The love of Christ compels us,” he was describing the powerful, Spirit-filled motivation that drives followers of Christ to share the gospel in ways that persuade people to commit their lives to Jesus.
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2 Corinthians 5:14. ESV For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; NIV For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
Mar 26, 1995 · Today I want us to see the depth of Christ's love revealed in its costliness. Let's look at Ephesians 5:1–2, Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
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For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. New Living Translation. Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. English Standard Version.
Jan 30, 2024 · Paul says “the love of Christ controls us,” not the law, guilt, or fear. We obey God because we love Him, not just because we have to. Our reciprocal love empowers heartfelt obedience (John 14:15). The love of Christ removes any pressure, constraint, resentment or drudgery from serving God.
It was the Apostle’s sense of the love that Christ had shown to him and to all men that was acting as a constraining power, directing every act of every spiritual state to the good of others, restraining him from every self-seeking purpose. Because we thus judge, that if one died for all.
May 5, 2021 · Let us, like Paul, become so overcome by Christ’s love for us, and so profoundly and responsively loving Christ in return, that we find ourselves controlled by that mutual love to sacrifice and serve and speak on behalf of Christ.
