Love & Patience
About this sermon
In “Love & Patience,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, biblical love, family discipleship. Drawing especially from 2 Corinthians 13:5, Isaiah 6, Isaiah 61:3, 1 Peter 2, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others.
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Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through 2 Corinthians 13:5, Isaiah 6. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on patience while working through 1 Peter 2. The message argues that patience is formed through testing and governs how believers respond to people and delay. It connects this with the conviction that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on biblical love while working through 1 Corinthians 81. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on biblical love while working through 1 Corinthians 13, Luke 18. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on family discipleship. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that leaders are accountable to teach faithfully, serve the flock, and model the character they proclaim. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on family discipleship while working through 1 Corinthians 4. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that leaders are accountable to teach faithfully, serve the flock, and model the character they proclaim. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on family discipleship while working through Matthew 24. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through Romans 15:1. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Isaiah 6. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on holiness. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that revival begins with repentance, renewed hunger for God, and practical obedience among His people. The practical emphasis is to examine the heart, receive correction, and finish faithfully.
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Hallelujah um hope you got your Bibles this morning y'all got your Bibles going to hurt some feelings today all right but you know there's the scripture in 2 Corinthians chapter 13 where Paul tells the Corinthian Church the Christians now the holy spirit filled tongue talking Christians tells them to examine themselves to see whether they be in the faith woo now why would he say something like that let me tell you about walking with Jesus is constant self-examination right we need to look at ourselves and we need to understand and be honest about where we are in our growth and I'm going to show you something today I'm going to show you some stages of spiritual growth I've preached on this over the years I remember the first times I preached this on this topic of the levels of spiritual growth was goodness probably in 1990 1991 somewhere in that time period and um the problem we have in Christianity is you got people who are here in their walk and understanding but think they're here this is the problem all right right um and you need to know where you are you need to be honest and you need to figure it out now there's a reason I'm going down this road with this and there's the scripture 2 Corinthians 13:5 examine yourselves whether you be in the faith prove your own selves know you not your own selves that Jesus Christ is in you except you be reprobates now before I get into these defining these four levels of spiritual growth I'm going to give you today um I want you to understand something and where I'm going with this now Acts chapter 2 the prophecies there y'all can put it up the prophecy of Joel that Peter spoke on the day of Pentecost and he made this statement he said in the last days God said I'm going to pour out my spirit on All Flesh somebody say All Flesh all that means everybody okay that's how they say it in Atlanta everybody all right every body now that means that God is going to move upon people that we don't even think he should move upon he might even use somebody that you think is impossible there's no way and let me just go ahead and tell you right now in these last days the Lord is going to surprise us because he's promised he's going to PR his Spirit on All Flesh and then you know back in 1989 January 15 1989 I remember this because I wrote it down the lord gave me Isaiah 6
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1-5 and part of that in Isaiah 6135 he says arise and shine then you can put it up arise and shine for th light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee right for Darkness shall cover the Earth and gross Darkness the people but the Lord shall arise upon thee and His glory shall be seen upon thee right and I knew when the Holy Spirit had been fasting and praying and the Holy Spirit came upon me and he said this is a word for you these first five verses here and I knew it had to do with living In the End of the Age The End of Time the time leading up to the second coming of Jesus I knew this was a prophecy to me about that time and really to the whole world let let's keep reading he said darkness is going to cover the Earth gross darkness that means just terrible Darkness to people but the Lord shall arise upon thee and His glory GL shall be seen upon thee and what happens when the Lord arises upon his people and His glory comes on his people what does he say is going to happen he says this is going to happen and the Gentiles when you see this word in the Old Testament it's talking about people who are outside of the Covenant of God they're outside of a relationship with God the unsaved that would represent to us those are lost who had never been born again and made Jesus Lord of their lives so he says the Gentiles basically the unsaved those who are outside the Covenant will come to thy light as you let your light shine as the glory of God comes Upon Us in the darkest of the dark times he says that there people are going to come to your light somebody say people are going to come people are going to come they're meaning they're going to begin to see some things and then he says and Kings somebody say Kings see the whole truther Community out there think anybody might be in politics or leadership ain't no way they can get saved right they they just done right they're all evil no good can come out of them no Miracles can happen nobody can get converted let me tell you something right now God can save didn't the Bible say Jesus can save to the uttermost that means anybody even Trump might get saved oh look I'm GNA tell you right now Satanist can come and find Jesus you understand I'm talking about people who worshiped the devil who sold their soul to the devil who who participated in human sacrifice drank blood can come to Jesus and receive salvation forgiveness of sins and deliverance from their demons and we're going to I'm tell telling you right now we're going to be shocked but he says even kings are going to come that means political leaders you
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