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The fundamental virtue of sincerity is what the human heart craves
Parent seek out this trait for their children
It the parent's desire to have unaffected simplicity of a sincere heart

All higher relationships of life have sincerity in its core
Life would not be worth living if there were no one on earth sincere

There are many things we can not be and many things we can not do - but this is one thing is within all of our reach

Jesus was incapable of a lie
No other people stirred Jesus' wrath as men who pretended to be what they were not

A hypocrite is an actor; the word was orginally taken from the stage
God expects every man to be what he claims to be

The sincerity of Jesus which drove him into deadly conflict with the hypocrites
A hypocrite and Jesus cannot live together

Love our wives is actually more demanding than the task placed upon wives to “submit” to their husbands.

The example God gives husbands to follow is simply the most courageous and sacrificial act ever done in all human history.
When Jesus died for His bride, she was dirty and sinful. She was acting like His enemy.
We are called to sacrifice our lives every day for her.
To say “no” to what we want so we can say “yes” to what she needs. That is Christlike love and leadership.

Marriage, however, is a God-ordained covenant that invites you to love an imperfect, sinful person with the love of Christ.
Because that’s how He loves you. His love finds every reason to start but finds no reason to stop.
Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God - Romans 8:38-39

Most marriage problems are usually the result of a wife’s wounded reaction to poor leadership and lack of love from her husband.
The key to loving like Jesus is to understand that we cannot do it on our own.
God loves us not because we are lovable but because He is so loving.
We disconnect from our mate’s imperfections and plug into God’s unchanging nature.
What would happen in the next year if God’s unconditional love became the foundation of your marriage?

Sincerity a virtue the human heart craves and parents eyes seek for their children

This is what we demand in all the higher relationships in life

Sincerity is the very blood and breath of friendship

There are some things we cannot be and many things we can not do, but within us, the one thing is within our reach-praying for a heart of sincerity

If you want to see sincerity in its lovelist form, then come to Jesus

He was incapable of a lie

No other people so stirred his anger as men who pretended to be what they were not

God expects every man to be what he claims to be

It was the sincerity of Jesus which drove him unto deadly conflict with the hypocrites

A hypocrite and Jesus cannot live together

Common taunt of Scribes and Pharises that Jesus was a friend of sinners

He was friendly to the lowest and the best of society, a trait which created great scandal

These three statements about Jesus spoke a lot about how Jesus' heart toward others:

• He saved himself; he cannot save himself - Mark 15:13
• He went about doing good
• Friend of sinners

They tried to use his friendiness against him

Example: Tax collectors - ones who gathered taxes by any means nessary including by extortion or other dishonest measures

• Considered traitors to their country
• Objects of hatred and scron
• Their money was considered tained and not accepted in the synagogue
• Their oath was worthless
• Could not be a witness in a court of law
• Pelted with sneers by passers by
• Looked as wild beasts

Jesus made friends with them despite these truths

It was one thing to talk down to a bad man and give good advise, it is another to eat with them

Jesus cross the chasm over which no man was willing to do in that day and lost his reputation for the sake of being brotherly/friendly

Made himself nothing because he was determined on being firendly to all - Philippians 2:17

Everyone is part of the human race, children of God, despite what they have done