Singleness of Purpose One man two loves No good ever comes from that Euripides No one can serve two masters Jesus Its calling is to love God with all of our being ID: 584389
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“… May they all be taught the gospel – and live it! How fortunate their little ones will be!”Slide3
Singleness of Purpose
“One man, two
loves.
No good ever comes from that.”
– Euripides
“No one can serve two masters.”
-
JesusSlide4
Its calling is to love God with all of our being (Matthew 22:37).
A single heart considers matters and chooses decisively his pursuit at all costs
(Luke 14:28).
We are to live passionately with one great objective
(2 Corinthians 5:9).
Christianity is a whole-heart, single-heart faith commitment.Slide5
Possess a clear, single, healthy eye so that the whole body is illuminated
(Luke 11:34-36).
h
aplous – simple, single, sincere; a singleness of purpose
Jesus is Light who came to enlighten man.
The outer and inner man is illuminated when his spiritual eye is trained on what is truly good – Christ and His gospel.
Singleness of purpose is undivided loyalty every day.Slide6
Slaves were taught to serve masters with singleness directed to Christ (Eph. 6:5-6; Col. 3:22).
haplotes
– sincerity, singleness;
unaffectedness,
undistractednessNew life purpose – one true Master
Are our hearts and minds supremely fixed on the one calling, the one Person?
The sincere heart is to be a one-Lord heart.Slide7
“But I am afraid that,
as the serpent deceived Eve by his
craftiness,
your minds will be led astray from the simplicity
[singleness] and purity of devotion to Christ.”2 Corinthians 11:3
The sincere heart is to be a one-Lord heart.Slide8