AIMS:
– To know the way of love thought about God.
– To know what the doctrine is saying about love.
INTRODUCTION:
Let love be without DISSIMULATION , Abhor that which is evil,cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love,in honour preferring one another
LOVE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION:
According to apostle Paul when he tells us to walk in love means,- ” If you are going to say you love someone,then make sure you really love them. Do not give an impression that is not true,do not say one thing and then do another thing.
DISSIMULATION, biblically means,” Love without acting” ROMs 12:9, “Is love without hypocrisy”,
According to Rom12:9, Apostle Paul assumes that his audience knows that they are to love,he exhorts them to make their love for each other genuine,. Rom 12:19 ” Beloved, never avenge yourselves,but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written,” vengeance is mine, I will repay ,says the Lord.
Loving without dissimulation means, loving for real rather than putting on an act of love.
In Rom12:9,says that love should be free of dissimulation or concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings,or character. Love must be sincere ,we must be careful to love without dissimulation,that is,care for another person particularly members of the same body in Christ.
QUESTIONS:
– What is love without dissimulation?
– Do you love with dissimulation?
– What is Dissimulation?
– Who showed us love first in life?.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Let love be without dissimulation, abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good.
Dissimulation: Is to make like, fake, pretending to be real, falsification, hiding, masking, concealing,counterfeiting , double- dealing,veiling, hypocrisy, lying, duplicity, dishonesty,deceit, misrepresentation, dissembling, disguising ,etc.