Genuine Love (Romans 12:9)

  1. What did the Holy Spirit teach you from this passage?

  2. What are some texts that show love is at the core of Christianity?

  3. Why do you think love is important when discussing spiritual gifts here in Romans 12, and also in 1 Cor. 12 (spiritual gifts) followed by 1 Cor. 13 (love chapter)?

  4.  What is the difference between love that is “genuine” (or “without hypocrisy”) and love that is not? 

  5. Why is it tempting to wear masks (hupokrites: "2-faces") in front of other Christians?

  6. Why should your love be discerning?

  7. What's the problem with the progressive motto "Love is love"?

  8. How does Romans 7 show it's hard to have discerning love that abhors evil and clings to good?

  9. If Paul's description of the internal battle between our old and new natures in Romans 7 sounds defeatist and discouraging, how do the last verse of Romans 7 and first verses of Romans 8 give hope?