The NXR Podcast - November 16, 2023


DAILY TRUTH - For Those Times When You Think You’re Going To Hell…


Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

116.91

Word count

433

Sentence count

31


Summary

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Love for God and neighbor is not creatively defined by you, but immutably defined by God in scripture. The First Four Commandments teach us how we love the Lord, our God. As we grow in outward obedience to the moral commands of God, it is tangible, objective, and can be witnessed by others.

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00:00:27.500 there's a distinction between salvation and assurance of salvation and in this category
00:00:33.220 of the assurance of salvation throughout the entirety of first john three main tests are
00:00:38.820 listed the love test that's what i've been espousing these last seven minutes love for
00:00:46.200 the household of faith love for the brothers love for christians
00:00:52.400 the obedience test obedience to christ's commandments beginning with the moral law
00:01:00.780 of god which we find in its summary in exodus chapter 20 the decalogue the ten commandments
00:01:08.500 love for god and neighbor not creatively defined by you but immutably defined by god in scripture
00:01:18.400 Love for God.
00:01:19.880 Have no other gods before me.
00:01:21.800 Do not make for yourself any graven images.
00:01:24.600 Do not take the Lord's name in vain.
00:01:26.700 And remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
00:01:29.920 Love for neighbor and particularly fellow brothers in Christ.
00:01:36.580 Honor thy father and mother.
00:01:38.460 Do not murder.
00:01:39.580 Do not commit adultery.
00:01:41.220 Do not steal.
00:01:44.020 Do not bear false witness.
00:01:46.540 And do not covet.
00:01:48.520 This is how we love our neighbor.
00:01:50.620 The first four commandments teach us how we love the Lord, our God.
00:01:55.040 So the obedience test, obedience to the moral commands of God.
00:02:00.940 As we grow in outward obedience, it's tangible, it's objective, it can be witnessed, not just by you.
00:02:07.580 Here's the beauty.
00:02:09.180 Not just by you, but it can be co-discerned as we grow in obedience
00:02:14.300 and our outward obedience to the commands of God
00:02:16.840 is witnessed by others.
00:02:18.900 Namely, again, the household of faith.
00:02:21.880 So that I can have others, not just myself,
00:02:24.420 not just dependent on my own subjective,
00:02:27.180 fleeting feelings of confidence and assurance
00:02:29.500 and the love of God for me,
00:02:30.680 but I can look when I'm lacking assurance
00:02:32.800 to my wife, to my parents, to my friends, to my church,
00:02:39.360 and they can say,
00:02:40.200 brother, you're lacking in assurance right now.
00:02:42.240 I understand you've confessed that to us,
00:02:44.620 that you're struggling with insecurity and fear,
00:02:47.160 doubting the love of God.
00:02:48.300 But this is what we've seen.
00:02:50.940 This is what we've heard.
00:02:53.280 This is what we know.
00:02:54.900 And you should know as well.
00:03:12.240 We'll be right back.