Message Notes

THE PRACTICE OF FAITH II

LOVE, EVIL AND GOOD

A. Love
Let love be without hypocrisy (Romans 12:9a)

1. Not an imperative

2. But an indicative

3. Plain translation
“Love is without hypocrisy”

a) A statement of fact

b) A descriptive statement

4. Determining what love is

a) Biblical definition

b) Biblical examples

B. Evil

Abhor what is evil (Romans 12:9)

1. To hate what is evil

2. Evil is abhorrent

3. Determining what “evil” is

a) Biblical definition

b) Biblical examples

C. Good

Cling to what is good (Romans 12:9)

1. Hold fast

2. Determining what “good” is

a) Biblical definition

b) Biblical examples

STORY OF KING JEHOSHAPHAT

(1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18-19)

1. King Jehoshaphat made peace with King Ahab (1 Kings 22)

2. The prophet Jehu’s question to Jehoshaphat (1 Chronicles 19:2)

3. King Ahaziah’s wicked deeds because of the influence of his mother Athaliah
(2 Chronicles 22:2-3)

4. Athaliah’s reign of terror in Judah (2 Chronicles 22:10)