1. HOW TO BE A BETTER LOVER Love Defends
1/14/2019 2:23 PM
HOW TO BE A BETTER LOVER Love Defends
Rev. Robert J. Smith
Pastor
Colonial Hills Baptist Church
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2. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5  Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6  Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7  Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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4. Review of Sermon Series
How to be a Better Lover
Review of Sermon Series
Love Matters
Love is Patient
Love is Kind
Today – Love Defends

5. Key verse
7  Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 (KJV)

6. It means to roof over or to cover.
Love Bears all Things
Greek = Stego
It means to roof over or to cover.
8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 (KJV)

7. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Love and Hate
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 10:12 (KJV)

8. Love Defends us from Jealousy
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)

9. Love Defends us from Jealousy
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18 (KJV)

10. Love Defends us from Pride
15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. Jeremiah 13:15 (KJV)

11. Love Defends us from Pride
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 (KJV)

12. Love Defends us from Disgrace
Greek = Askemoneo
Means unseemly, unbecomingly, shameful
Exhibited in Selfishness, when Provoked, by Evil

13. Love Defends us from Disgrace
21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Jeremiah 14:21 (KJV)

14. Love Defends us from Disgrace
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
1 Corinthians 14:40 (KJV)

15. Love Defends us from Wrong
Greek – Adikia
Means iniquity or unrighteousness

16. Love Defends us from Wrong
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Matthew 24:12 (KJV)

17. Love Defends us from Wrong
25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Colossians 3:25 (KJV)

18. The two other men that day in Aurora

19. Greater Love
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 (KJV)

20. Will you cover those you love?
We will defend them
Defend Them From:
Jealousy
Pride
Disgrace
Wrong
Will you cover those you love?