LOUIS KOTZE

Romans 12:9-21 NLT

Marks of the true Christian• Love • Morality• Work ethic• Spirituality• Social impact

LoveHuman love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ’s sake.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

Morality

Love requires definition

Being community• Work ethic• Spirituality• Social impact

Work ethicEphesians 2:10 ESV

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

• Deliver me• Strengthen me• Empower me

Spirituality• John 4:24 ESV

“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

• Authentic spirituality – 1 Corinthians 12:3 NASBTherefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

Spirituality• Discerning

o Real but not inspiredo Real but not inspirational

Social impact• Matthew 4:4 NASB

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.’”

• Empathy• Assistance• Justice