It was Studd who wrote,
“Only one life, ‘twill soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.”
Are you living in the light of eternity? As Leonard Ravenhill often asked, “Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?”

Today we will look into God’s view concerning the primary purposes of relationships.

• See “My own People” Oikos Card

“Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.” Prov. 18:1

“For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.” Romans 14:7

Question: What are the primary purposes of relationships?

• The Primary purpose of relationships concern

God and

Reveal Answer

others.

• Primary purpose of relationship is to

,

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, and

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God

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. Jn. 8:19, 54, 55; 17:3. 1 Ch. 28:9. Ps. 9:10. Is. 53:11. Je. 9:23, 24; 31:33, 34. Ho. 6:3. 1 Co. 15:34. 2 Co. 4:6. 2 Th. 1:8. He. 8:11, 12. 1 John. 4:6; 5:11, 20; Rev. 4:11

• Jonathan Edwards—Sin is the ruin and misery of the soul. It is destructive in its nature; and if God should leave it without restraint, nothing else would be needed to make the soul perfectly miserable.

• The secondary purpose of relationships is to express the importance of a

with Jesus to

Reveal Answer

we come across, loving others as we love ourselves.
Pr. 3:27, 28. Mat. 7:12; 22:39, 40. Rom. 13:8, 10. Ga. 5:14. Col. 3:14. 1 Ti. 1:5. Ja. 2:8

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. Matthew 28:19-20

In closing …
The faithful steward of relationship remains primarily concerned with their relationship with Jesus- revealing the intimacy, depth, and love of that relationship with all others.