1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, June 24, 2010 www.GraceDoctrine.org

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. Memory Verse John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

4. John 15:12-13 Impersonal Love Motivates Divine Good Production!

5. ENTOLE - “an injunction, order, or command.” Jesus is identifying the following statement as a decree.

6. AGAPAO - Present, Active, Subjunctive, “to love.” Action that should regularly occur in the life of the believer.

7. The Subjunctive Mood linked with HINA is for the command to “love one another”, yet it also emphasizes the volitional responsibility on the part of the believer.

8. This love is the mentality of the soul having the capacity to be relaxed, (RMA), toward other members of the human race, especially believers.

9. ALLELON – “One Another.” This command is restricted to believers; its family love towards members of the Royal Family of God.

10. AGAPAO - Aorist, Active, Indicative, “I loved”. An absolute love Jesus had for the disciples during His ministry on earth.

11. This love reflects the capacity of His mental attitude during His hypostatic union. He loved them totally and completely, even though they were sinners.

12. John 15:12, “This keeps on being My commandment, that you all (believers) love one another (fellow believers), just as I loved you all.”

13. 1 John 3:23, “This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.”

14. How did Jesus love us? Personally?

15. How did Jesus love us? Personally? No! Impersonally, because we were imperfect.

16. Verse 13, “Greater love has no one than this”. Jesus’ love is greater than any human love.

17. The “greater love” is obviously what Jesus Christ did for us. He wants us to have this soul love, which comes as a result of the RMA from doctrine in your soul.

18. He also wants to show us how far a RMA can carry us. It is the devil’s world, but a RMA carries you through many things.

19. Luke 22:42, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

20. John 18:11, “Put the sword into the sheath (Peter); the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

21. Doctrine of Relaxed Mental Attitude (RMA) A. Definition and description.

22. 1. A RMA is the function of human thought. Your mental attitude is what you think at any given time. Consequently, thinking is the battlefield of your soul.

23. 2. A RMA is the high thinking of the Christian life. It is having a mental attitude that is completely trusting in God and His Word in every situation.

24. 3. The life of every believer is in his mental attitude. The life of every believer is determined experientially by two principles: what he thinks and what he decides.

25. What you think is more important than anything else. Your life comes to be what you think, not what you feel. Eph 1:19-20

26. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, June 24, 2010 Tape # 10-071 Impersonal Love Motivates Divine Good Production Upper Room Discourse, Part 386 John 15:12-13; 1 John 3:23; Eph 1:19-20 Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, June 24, 2010 Tape # 10-071 Impersonal Love Motivates Divine Good Production Upper Room Discourse, Part 386 John 15:12-13; 1 John 3:23; Eph 1:19-20 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010