Extraordinary Love

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
- Matthew 7:1-5

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There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?  
- James 4:12

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What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside.
- 1 Corinthians 5:12

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“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
- Matthew 18:15-17

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God’s love moves to us.

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But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
- Genesis 3:9

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God’s love is with us.

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The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us
- Matthew 1:23

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God’s love is for us.

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If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
- Romans 8:31-32

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God’s love transforms us.

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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
- Romans 12:2