Love That Covers a Multitude of Sins - 3
Subject: Love Like You Have Never Been Hurt
by Rick Welborne
1 Peter 4:7-8 (NLT2)
7 The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.
8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
7 The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.
8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:7-8 (NCV)
7 The time is near when all things will end. So think clearly and control yourselves so you will be able to pray.
8 Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause many sins to be forgiven.
7 The time is near when all things will end. So think clearly and control yourselves so you will be able to pray.
8 Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause many sins to be forgiven.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NLT2)
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
--November 6, 2018 the elections…the midterms are coming and it is imperative that all of us vote and it is imperative that all of us pray…I hope you are praying without ceasing.
--Just in case you have been wondering if it matters whether you vote or not…it matters. Look at those around you and say, “It matters!”
--Please understand that I am aware that in many circumstances that we are not voting for people who have a personal relationship with Jesus the way we want them to.
--I understand that many who are in power right now have not, and maybe do not, live a biblical lifestyle that would meet a standard that is pleasing to the Assemblies of God. This I do know:
Proverbs 29:2 (NLT2)
2 When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.
2 When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.
--Again I am not naïve about those who are in authority and I am not their judge. What I do see right now is an administration that is sensitive to the church and the church’s concerns. This encourages me.
--I have seen a deep concern again for the church and what happens to it. I have even seen an engagement to the National Day of Prayer…instead of totally shunning it or engaging in a Muslim day of prayer.
--I have seen a president who will meet with Christian pastors and hear their concerns, and then, on several occasions, allow them to lay hands on him and pray for him. Pastor Brunson and his wife.
--Let me make sure that all of you know this, you hear just worship God…There is a difference between the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…the Lord Jesus Christ…Lord of Christians than the god of the Muslims.
Psalm 33:12 (NCV)
12 Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his very own.
12 Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his very own.
--America was founded on Judea-Christian principles and when we stick to them, we are blessed, and when we turn away we are cursed.
Deuteronomy 31:16-18 (NLT2)
16 The LORD said to Moses, “You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
17 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’
18 At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.
16 The LORD said to Moses, “You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
17 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’
18 At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT2)
14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
--Okay, Pastor Rick, what does this have to do with love covering a multitude of sins? I am so glad you asked. You see, how you vote will tell what you love and how you want to protect what you love.
--Today I am going to encourage you to vote for what the Bible tells us we should love…we should love and pray for the nation of Israel, biblical marriage, and for babies still in their mother’s wombs.
--The party whose platform loves and protects these three things will always have my vote…I am not as much a political voter as I am a biblical voter…Which platform sticks the most closely to godly values. The Bible.
1. We love and bless Israel, therefore God loves and blesses us.
Genesis 12:13 (NKJV)
1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
A. God promises to bless those who bless Israel.
–I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. Do you see how God makes this so personal...I will bless “those” who bless you but I will curse “him” who curses you.
–This is God’s promise to Abraham and to the Jewish people for generations to come. God has promised to bless nations, churches, and individuals who choose to pray for, to bless, to do acts of kindness to bless Israel.
Luke 7:15 (NKJV)
1 Now when He concluded all His sayings in the hearing of the people, He entered Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die.
3 So when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying that the one for whom He should do this was deserving,
5 "for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue."
–A Roman centurion who was kind to the Jewish people and who had built them a place of worship has a servant who needs healing...we know the story...Great faith...healed.
John Hagee: The reason for unprecedented blessings on Cornerstone Church are tied to our thirty-year history of showing kindness to the Jewish people.
B. We should support Israel because we are commanded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
–Again, it is not a request but a command to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Psalm 122:69 (NKJV)
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces."
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, "Peace be within you."
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.
Dr. Graham Lacey: As long as there is Jerusalem there is God; and as long as there is God there is Jerusalem.
C. We should support Israel because we are commanded to be watchmen on the walls of Israel.
Isaiah 62:1 (NLT)
1 Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
–We are commanded as watchmen to speak up for Israel and to defend the Jewish people whenever they are slandered, attacked by their enemies, or are subjected to anti-Semitic attitudes. They are being attacked now!
–We need to pray for our President and leaders that they will always support Israel. Thank God President Trump moved the embassy to Jerusalem! Could be why he is accomplishing so much so quickly. Blessed!
2. We love and we bless traditional biblical marriage and God blesses our families when we do.
--We must love what God loves and we must hate what God hates! God is the originator and the designer of marriage and to have His blessings we must follow His instructions.
--We propose that marriage be defined according to the Holy Scriptures as being between one man and one woman…we must support platforms that adhere to biblical marriage not what feels right.
--Any platform or political party that promotes or pushes anything else other than biblical marriage does not love the family…Oh, Pastor Rick, what does it matter as long as they love each other. It matters.
Romans 1:24-28 (NKJV)
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
--So what does biblical marriage look like? As Christians we have an obligation to support those who stand for these truths. If you love the family vote for someone who is for marriage between one man and one woman.
Matthew 19:4-6 (NKJV)
4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'
5 and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'
5 and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
3. We love and we bless the unborn and God blesses those who protect the innocents.
--It is so in-humane to separate children from their parents as they come into our country illegally. Okay, let’s look at that. When someone here breaks the law and officers come to pick up the parent. Where’s the outcry?
--I have been out with Fruitland Park Police when they have raided a home with a parent who is dealing drugs and many other crimes. They separate the kids and the parents. Why? Someone broke the law. So cruel!
--What about young men and women who join the military and they are deployed, they are separated from parents, kids, spouses, and friends and they may not come home. Where’s the outcry. Stay with me!
--Where’s the outcry when a doctor separates a child from the mother and then kills the baby! Oh yes, maybe he will throw the baby in a waste container to let the baby die. Let’s get more drastic.
--Partial birth abortion…separate the baby from the mom (everything but the head and then stick a suction in behind the baby’s head and literally kill a baby who is almost full term. God says…You shall not kill!
--Pastor, I am pro-choice. Don’t you love that! Choice is the act or the power of choosing. Let’s just say it, those who claim to be pro-choice are really pro-abortion.
--Planned Parenthood…sounds good doesn’t…they do not plan on you being a parent…they plan on making it easy to kill your baby. They are fighting organizations now who are trying to truly give women alternatives.
--I just got thru signing a petition with Jay Sekulow’s organization fighting against Planned Parenthood trying to make sure every organization who helps women has to offer abortion as an alternative…why do they kill?
--Back to being pro-choice…if you are so much for choice…why can’t biblical abstinence be a choice. Why can’t living purely before God and man be a choice until the couple gets married? The church should repent!
--I am going to choose my lifestyle and no one is going to tell me any different. Why make abortion your means of birth control. Think about it…with so many alternatives for birth control…you choose the death of a baby.
--Don’t try to tell me that it is not a baby in your womb. I have been looking at ultrasounds of my grand baby. God help us! We have made a choice for conscious sake to not believe that. It is a baby human.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (NKJV)
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
20 that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
20 that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
--When you go to vote…choose life…choose the life of the unborn…choose the life of traditional marriage… choose the life of Israel! Amen!
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