Love : The Big Cover-Up?

Rev Robert Lum

LOVE : The Big Cover-Up?

Love that will cover over all multitude of sins
1 Peter 4:8
Fervent Love : Earnest, deeply, intense

We live in a broken world, senseless killing, bitterness, sin-sick world etc. God wants to showcase His love through us in this world. We are imperfect people living in an imperfect world. Because of the imperfection, somehow we will hurt each other, not that we want to purposely.

Story of Porcupine in winter trying to keep warm with each other.

3 ways we can show God's love :
(1) Accept one another (Romans 14:1; 13)
- We overlook the differences & faults
- We do not judge or try to change the person
- We accept the person, warts & all!
- When you accept doesn't mean you approve
- Who we are to judge by appearance? Let's accept people as they are

Acceptance and Approval are two different things. Approval is based on what we do. Acceptance is based on who we are.
- Ps Brian Atwood -

In essentials, unity;
In non essentials, liberty;
In all things, charity
- Rupertus Meldinius -

(2) Bear with one another (Ephesians 4:2)
- We are patient with people
- We tolerate irritations
- We "tahan" each other (singlish)

Bear with one another in love. It can be done when we love because love is patient.

(3) Forgive one another (Colossians 3:13)
- To forgive is to pardon
- To let go of the grievances and offences
- To release the hurt and the debt owed to us
- Forgive as the Lord forgave you
- God forgave us of all our sins
Psalm 103:2-3
Matthew 18:22
Jeremiah 31:34
Matthew 6:14-15
Romans 5:8

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you
- Lewis Smedes -

One forgives to the degree that one loves
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld -

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future
- Bernard Meltzer -