The Faithful Steward of Truth
Part 2
Today we will look into God’s view concerning the primary purposes of relationships.

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

, love, and

Reveal Answer

God forever. 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

• The secondary purpose of relationships concerns expressing the

with Jesus with everyone we come across, loving others even 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

• Matthew 28:19-20 tells us there are two ways of fulfilling our secondary purpose in this life: Evangelism & making disciples.

• Our primary purpose is to be

personally.
o By knowing and loving God.
• Our secondary purpose is helping others to know and love God in an ever increasing, passionate relationship with Him.

• A Faithful Steward of Relationships need remain a Faithful Steward of Truth which means: I am careful about hearing God’s word, reading Gods word, studying Gods word, memorizing and meditating in God’s word.

• Contraire to popular belief

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Matt. 8:12, 2 Pt. 2:4, 2:17; Jude 1:13; Mark 9:43-48

Jonathan Edwards-
Sinner in the Hand of an Angry God.
…”I did not look for it at that time, and in that manner; it came as a thief – Death outwitted me: God’s wrath was too quick for me. Oh, my cursed foolishness! I was flattering myself, and pleasing myself with vain dreams of what I would do hereafter; and when I was saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction came upon me.”

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.