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Truth & Knowledge: Episode 82 – “Love Is a Commandment”
In this episode, Trey Knowles poses a thought-provoking question: Does love give us a reason to keep living in sin? He teaches that love is not optional but a commandment from God. If we do not love our brothers and sisters, how can we truly claim to love Him? The true evidence that God abides in us is shown through the way we love others.
In this episode, Trey Knowles poses a thought-provoking question: Does love give us a reason to keep living in sin? He teaches that love is not optional but a commandment from God. If we do not love our brothers and sisters, how can we truly claim to love Him? The true evidence that God abides in us is shown through the way we love others.
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00:00love is a commandment
00:04love is a commitment
00:07and because of love do we continue in sin
00:11by no means do we continue in sin
00:14because of love do we continue
00:19to sin by no means
00:22because love is a commitment that means we do not
00:27sin anymore because he has come
00:31to die for our sins and if we love him if we committed to him
00:35we are no longer living in sin
00:38we no longer want to sin
00:43because we love him and we are committed to him
00:46we are those who have died to sin and sin no longer
00:51lives in us because love is a commitment
00:54and why do i say love is a commitment
00:56because i'm committing myself to the will of god
01:01through my love for him
01:04love is a commandment
01:06let's talk about it
01:08my name is trey knows
01:10and welcome to truth and knowledge
01:13transformation recognition salvation
01:18is my salvation
01:36the righteousness of the lord is my substance
01:43the same commitment that we show to our father in heaven we should show to our brothers and sisters
02:11the way we love god
02:13if we love god
02:14if we're committed to god
02:17we should also be committed to our brothers and sisters
02:20and the same type of love
02:22the same commitment that we show to our father in heaven
02:26we should show to our brothers and sisters
02:27if you cannot love your brother or sister
02:30then how can you love
02:32god
02:33how can you love god
02:38if i can't show my brothers and sisters love
02:42then how can i love god
02:44now
02:46correcting you
02:48does not mean i don't love you
02:51because i'm correcting
02:52your behavior
02:53i'm correcting your behavior because i
02:56love you
02:57if i didn't love you i wouldn't care
03:01your behavior doesn't
03:02it is what it is
03:03i don't care
03:04correct people
03:07help people
03:09provide for people
03:12where they need
03:14based on their means of help
03:16love your brothers and sisters
03:21if you love god
03:24and you're committed to god
03:26you also should be committed to your brothers and sisters
03:30love your brothers and sisters
03:33because if you love your brothers and sisters
03:34then you love
03:35god
03:36if you're
03:41if you're able to help your brothers and sisters
03:43it is written
03:45first john 3
03:4616 through 18
03:48this is how we know that
03:49the love of god is in us
03:52jesus christ laid down his life for us
03:56and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters
04:02jesus christ laid his life for us
04:06he's like man
04:07i'm gonna save them
04:09he could have said no i'm gonna try to save them
04:11they ain't worth it
04:13they ain't worth it
04:14they're not even trying
04:18not even trying at all
04:21they just keep on sinning and sinning and sinning and sinning and sinning and sinning
04:25are they worth it
04:26he could have told his father that
04:29are they worth it
04:30but he didn't do that
04:32he laid down his life for us
04:35because he loves us
04:36and we want to lay down our lives for each other
04:39lay down our lives for each other
04:43and show you that we
04:44we love you
04:45whatever we have
04:53that can help someone
04:54we share it
04:56we help them
05:00i can sit back and talk about you all day long
05:06you ain't
05:07you're not doing this
05:08you're not doing that
05:09but why not
05:11live the way
05:13and show your light
05:15so other people can see
05:16your light
05:17and they'll be able to change
05:18this is how we know
05:24what love is
05:25jesus christ laid down his life for us
05:27and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters
05:30and anyone who has material possessions
05:33and sees a brother or sister
05:34in need
05:35but has no pity on them
05:37how can they love god
05:39how can the love of god be in that person
05:41i'm better than you
05:45i got this
05:45i got that
05:46but you see that person in need
05:48you care about
05:52nothing about yourself
05:53care nothing about yourself
05:56you see the little person in need
05:57you're making fun of them
05:58and you're bragging about what you got
06:02you look at other countries
06:06and they don't got this
06:07and they don't got that
06:08and you brag about what you got
06:09you care about your tank being full
06:14full with gas
06:15full with oil
06:16you care about your belly being full of food
06:19but you see this person
06:25that is in need
06:27but you talk about them
06:28that makes it even worse
06:29when you talk about them
06:30instead of helping that person
06:32you see a person that's in need
06:34i don't know how
06:36i need help
06:38i don't know how
06:39i need help
06:41can someone lay down their life for me
06:43and show me
06:44anybody that know how
06:46if you know how
06:47show me
06:48don't talk about me
06:49show me
06:50show me how to love
06:52show me how to
06:53how to act
06:55show me how to behave
06:57show me
07:00if you're going to colonize me
07:06and say
07:07i live a certain way
07:09i act a certain way
07:11then show me
07:12through your behavior
07:13teach me
07:14through your behavior
07:15if you say
07:21i don't have a college education
07:24you're making fun of me
07:27because i don't have a college degree
07:28want
07:28pay for me to go to your college
07:30i would love to go to your college
07:33pay
07:34my way
07:35for you
07:36for me to go to your college
07:37instead of saying
07:39why should i get myself in debt
07:42you want me to go to college
07:44pay for it
07:45for me
07:45lay down your life for me
07:49if that's what you want me to do
07:52teach me
07:54if anyone has material possessions
07:57and sees their brothers or sisters in need
07:59has no pity on them
08:00how can they love god
08:01because
08:01how can the love of god be in that person
08:05dear children
08:07let us love with words
08:09or speech
08:10let us not love with words
08:14or speech
08:15but show an action
08:17and truth
08:20your words mean nothing
08:22but show us an action
08:24and
08:24and
08:25and
08:25and truth
08:26how can you say you love me
08:30then you want to kill me
08:30you don't love me
08:32you hate me
08:33if you want to kill me
08:34you don't love me
08:35you want to lock me up in prison
08:37you don't love me
08:38you
08:38hate me
08:39if you see that i have no understanding
08:43teach me
08:44you see me misbehaving
08:47teach me how to behave
08:48guide me
08:50guide me
08:54don't talk about them
08:55guide me
08:56show me
08:56instead of talking about people
09:00why not
09:00help
09:01people
09:02if you're able to provide for their needs
09:04provide for their needs
09:05and help
09:06if you see that
09:09they don't know how to guide themselves
09:10guide them
09:11if you see that i'm blind
09:14guide me
09:16into that right direction
09:18guide me
09:19into that right direction
09:20if you have it
09:21this is how we know
09:28who are the children
09:30of god
09:31because the children of god
09:33helps those
09:34helps others
09:35to have a better life
09:37the children of god
09:41don't put so many blocks
09:42for people to fail
09:43for people to be oppressed
09:46the character of god
09:49does not do
09:50that
09:51this is how we know
09:57if we belong
09:59to the truth
10:00this is how we know
10:03if we belong
10:04to the truth
10:04we set our
10:08hearts
10:09and we rest
10:10in his presence
10:12by loving
10:14one another
10:14it is written
10:18in first john 3
10:2023 through 24
10:21and this is the
10:23command
10:23to believe
10:25in the name
10:26of the son
10:28Jesus Christ
10:28and to love
10:29one another
10:30this is the
10:32command he gives us
10:33the one who keeps
10:35god's commandments
10:36and lives in him
10:37he is in them
10:40and this is how we know
10:42that he lives in us
10:44we know it by the spirit
10:45he gives us
10:46and the spirit
10:49he gives us
10:50makes us love
10:52one another
10:53if you cannot love
10:55one another
10:56then the spirit of god
10:57is not in you
10:57if you care about
10:59nothing but yourself
11:00and the resources
11:01of this planet
11:02then the love
11:03of god
11:04is not
11:05in you
11:06your love
11:07is in
11:07the material
11:09possessions
11:10of the world
11:11your love
11:14is in the
11:14money of the world
11:15the love
11:18of god
11:19is not
11:19in you
11:20you see me
11:22suffering
11:23you're talking
11:26about the brother
11:27in the hood
11:27that is
11:28misbehaving
11:29but you're not
11:31helping the brother
11:32in the hood
11:32you're not
11:32showing him
11:33how to behave
11:34you see me hungry
11:37but you won't
11:37feed me
11:38you have
11:41and i don't
11:42have
11:42you're putting
11:47stumbling blocks
11:48in my way
11:49you're putting
11:54stumbling blocks
11:55in my way
11:58love
12:03love is a commandment
12:04and a commitment
12:05we're committing
12:06to each other
12:08through love
12:09i'm gonna commit
12:10to you
12:11by helping you
12:13not just talking
12:14about you
12:14but by helping you
12:15when you tell me
12:17what your needs are
12:18right
12:18and if i can
12:19if i can
12:19provide for your needs
12:21i'm helping you
12:22i don't want to
12:23destroy you
12:24i don't want to
12:24see you in prison
12:25i don't want you
12:26to die
12:26i'm helping
12:28you
12:29you see
12:35if a person
12:36makes a mistake
12:36help them
12:38and they're telling
12:41you okay
12:41you know
12:42they're telling
12:42you
12:43i need help
12:44i need guidance
12:46help them
12:50anybody
12:53anybody
12:53who turns
12:54you away
12:54from the
12:55ways of
12:55god
12:55does not
12:56love you
12:57anybody
12:58who
12:59influences
12:59you
13:00or turn
13:01you away
13:01from the
13:02things
13:02that's
13:03opposite
13:03of god
13:04they can
13:05cheat
13:05they're trying
13:05to get you
13:06to smoke
13:06and drink
13:07and put
13:09tattoos
13:09and they're
13:11using a whole
13:11bunch of
13:11profanity
13:12and
13:13they're trying
13:16to turn
13:17you away
13:17from the
13:18opposite
13:18of god
13:19you know
13:19you
13:20pinocchio
13:21here comes
13:24that wolf
13:24trying to
13:25stir you
13:27in the wrong
13:27direction
13:28anybody
13:32who turns
13:32you away
13:33from the
13:33ways of
13:33god
13:34does not
13:35love you
13:36anybody
13:36who teaches
13:37you something
13:37different
13:38they are
13:39totally
13:39opposite
13:40of god
13:40teaching you
13:41something
13:41totally
13:41opposite
13:42of god
13:42you gotta
13:42run
13:43they're trying
13:45to put a
13:45stumbling
13:45block in
13:46your life
13:46they're trying
13:47to put a
13:48stumbling
13:48block in
13:49your life
13:49meaning they're
13:51the opposite
13:51of the
13:52word of god
13:53or mistreating
13:55you
13:55they're
13:57mistreating
13:57you
13:58they don't
13:58they don't
13:59love you
13:59they're
13:59mistreating
13:59you
14:00if they're
14:06mistreating
14:07you
14:07they don't
14:07love you
14:08what I mean
14:11by mistreating
14:12you
14:12they put
14:12in some
14:13kind of
14:13harm
14:13in your
14:14way
14:18they're
14:19harming
14:19you
14:20is it
14:22physical
14:22verbally
14:24or
14:28anybody
14:29anybody
14:29that tries
14:30to
14:30mistreat
14:30you
14:31don't
14:31love
14:31you
14:31and
14:36the love
14:37of god
14:37is not
14:37in them
14:38anybody
14:39that wants
14:39to kill
14:40you
14:40or mistreat
14:41you
14:41the love
14:41of god
14:41is not
14:42in them
14:42why do
14:43i say
14:43this
14:43first john
14:453
14:4611
14:46through
14:4614
14:47for this
14:48is the
14:49message
14:49you heard
14:50from the
14:50beginning
14:51we should
14:52love one
14:52another
14:53we should
14:53love one
14:54another
14:54and do
14:55not be
14:55like
14:56cain
14:56who
14:57belong
14:59to the
15:00evil
15:01one
15:01and murder
15:02his brother
15:03so anybody
15:05that says
15:05they love
15:06you
15:06or anybody
15:07that doesn't
15:08show you
15:08love
15:09they don't
15:10show you
15:10love
15:10they don't
15:12love you
15:12they want
15:13to murder
15:14you
15:14their ways
15:19are like
15:19cain
15:20do not
15:24be like
15:25cain
15:25the lord's
15:26telling us
15:26do not
15:27be like
15:27cain
15:27who
15:28who
15:29belonged to
15:29the evil
15:30one and
15:30murdered his
15:31brother
15:31and why
15:32did he
15:32murder
15:33his brother
15:34because his
15:35own actions
15:36were evil
15:37and his
15:39brother
15:39were
15:41righteous
15:42because
15:44their evil
15:44actions
15:45they're not
15:46going to
15:46like you
15:47because
15:48their
15:48evil
15:49actions
15:50they're not
15:52going to
15:52love you
15:52they want
15:54to see
15:55you
15:55they want
15:56to kill
15:58you
15:58they want
16:00to see
16:00you fail
16:01and they
16:03will put
16:03so many
16:04blocks
16:04in your
16:05way
16:06and they
16:08will teach
16:08you
16:09how
16:10they'll
16:10teach you
16:11they'll
16:12teach you
16:12to be
16:14the opposite
16:14of god
16:15they will
16:17influence you
16:17to do
16:18something
16:18the opposite
16:19of god
16:19because his
16:23own actions
16:24were evil
16:24and his
16:25brother
16:25were
16:25righteous
16:26and so
16:27king was
16:28jealous
16:29so he
16:30killed his
16:30brother
16:31do not
16:32be surprised
16:33brothers and
16:34sisters
16:34that the
16:36world hates
16:36you
16:37if they
16:40hate you
16:40it's because
16:42you are
16:44righteous
16:44if they
16:49hate you
16:50it means
16:51they hate
16:51you for
16:52no reason
16:52they hate
16:54you for
16:54no reason
16:54i'm not
16:58talking about
16:58people that
16:59you expect
17:00somebody to
17:00give you
17:00something
17:01don't expect
17:01somebody to
17:02give you
17:02something
17:03just because
17:06they don't
17:06give it to
17:06you doesn't
17:06mean they
17:07hate you
17:07okay we
17:09talking about
17:09people that
17:09wants to
17:10kill you
17:11a person
17:13that wants
17:13to persecute
17:14you
17:14a person
17:14that wants
17:15to see
17:15you fall
17:16and fail
17:17these are
17:18people that
17:19don't love
17:19you
17:19they want
17:21to see
17:21you fall
17:22and fail
17:23do not
17:27be surprised
17:27brothers and
17:28sisters if
17:28the world
17:29hates you
17:30so if you're
17:31not following
17:31them they
17:32don't like
17:32you
17:33because your
17:35ways are
17:35different
17:35because you're
17:37following the
17:37lord you're
17:37righteous
17:38we know
17:40that we
17:41have passed
17:42from death
17:42to life
17:45because their
17:47way is death
17:47and our
17:48way is life
17:48so we have
17:49passed from
17:50death to
17:51life
17:51and we
17:54love one
17:55another
17:55and we
17:57forgive one
17:58another
17:58i love you
18:03and we
18:05forgive one
18:05another
18:06anyone who
18:08does not
18:08love remains
18:09in death
18:10the ones
18:10who do
18:10not love
18:11remains in
18:11death
18:12because all
18:13in their
18:14head is all
18:14about killing
18:15killing killing
18:16killing killing
18:16and doing
18:17wrong to
18:18someone else
18:19they want
18:19to
18:19it's in
18:20their head
18:20it's to
18:22do wrong
18:23towards you
18:24a person
18:30that loves
18:31you
18:31lays down
18:31their life
18:32for you
18:32a person
18:34that loves
18:34you lays
18:35down their
18:35life for
18:35you
18:36they don't
18:37colonize
18:37you
18:38they try
18:40to make
18:40your life
18:40better
18:41they try
18:44to make
18:45their
18:45your life
18:46better
18:46they don't
18:47make
18:47they don't
18:47just think
18:48about
18:48themselves
18:48they try
18:50to make
18:50other people's
18:51lives
18:51better
18:52they don't
18:56try to
18:56to
18:57they lower
18:58themselves
18:59you know
19:02what
19:02I'm gonna
19:03make my
19:03I'm gonna
19:04make
19:04other people's
19:06lives better
19:06you know
19:09I'm gonna
19:09give myself
19:10less
19:10and give
19:11them more
19:11I'm gonna
19:12give myself
19:12less
19:13and give
19:14them more
19:14whatever I
19:15have
19:16I'll give
19:16it
19:16I'm gonna
19:17give it
19:17give it
19:17to them
19:18and give
19:19myself
19:19less
19:20so if
19:25you look
19:25at your
19:26you look
19:26at your
19:26people
19:27your
19:28government
19:28look at
19:30leaders
19:30around the
19:30world
19:31you have
19:33to give
19:33less
19:34of yourself
19:35and more
19:36to them
19:36less
19:42of myself
19:42and more
19:43to them
19:44if you
19:45have it
19:46everything's
19:48not about
19:49material
19:49possessions
19:50and just
19:52because you
19:53do have
19:53it doesn't
19:54mean you
19:54spoil a
19:54person
19:55right
19:56because
19:57you can
19:59kill a
19:59person by
19:59spoiling
20:00them
20:00too much
20:01you can
20:02kill a
20:02person by
20:03spoiling
20:03them
20:03but whatever
20:07that person
20:08needs are
20:09we
20:09we have
20:10it
20:10we
20:10we give
20:11it
20:11we love
20:12one another
20:12we don't
20:14kill
20:15we don't
20:17take
20:17we don't
20:18we don't
20:19put a
20:21stumbling
20:21block in
20:22people's
20:22way for
20:23them to
20:23sin
20:24we don't
20:27influence
20:27people to
20:29sin
20:29love is a
20:33commandment
20:33and a
20:36commitment
20:36I'm Trey
20:38knows
20:38thank you
20:40for watching
20:41truth and
20:41knowledge
20:41may God
20:43bless you
20:43grace and
20:44peace
20:44always
20:45nag
20:46mistress
20:50you
20:51and
20:51you
20:51there
20:54I know
20:56you
20:56I know
21:01you
21:01Music
21:02I know
21:04I know
21:05I know
21:06this
21:06should be
21:08up
21:09I know
21:09I know
21:11the
21:12things
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