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<li>The Christian and God &#8212; <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,'1-2');">Rom 12:1-2</a></li>
<li>The Christian and Self &#8212; <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,3);">Rom 12:3</a></li>
<li>The Christian and the Body of Christ &#8212; <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,'4-16');">Rom 12:4-16</a>
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<li>Exercising gifts &#8212; <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,'4-8');">Rom 12:4-8</a></li>
<li>Expressing love &#8212; <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,'9-16');">Rom 12:9-16</a></li>
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<li>The Christian and Society &#8212; <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,'17-21');">Rom 12:17-21</a>
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<li>Attitudes toward society
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<li>Isolation &#8212; <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Jhn',17,'9-23');">Jhn 17:9-23</a></li>
<li>Identification &#8212; <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('1Jo',2,'14-17');">1Jo 2:14-17</a></li>
<li>Penetration &#8212; <a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('1Jo',5,'4-5');">1Jo 5:4-5</a></li>
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<li>Love is forgiving &#8212; <a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,17);">Rom 12:17</a>
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<li>Natural reaction &#8212; Evil for evil</li>
<li>Christian response &#8212; Forgiving love</li>
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<li>Love is honorable &#8212; <a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,17);">Rom 12:17</a>
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<li>"Abstain from all appearance of evil" &#8212; <a id="si_13" onclick="return mV('1Th',5,22);">1Th 5:22</a></li>
<li>"In the sight of all" &#8212; they are watching</li>
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<li>Love is peaceable &#8212; <a id="si_14" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,18);">Rom 12:18</a>
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<li>Peace with God</li>
<li>Peace with self</li>
<li>Peace with others</li>
<li>Blessed are the peacemakers</li>
<li>Not peace at any price &#8212; "If it be possible"</li>
<li>The Prince of Peace</li>
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<li>Love is non-avenging &#8212; <a id="si_15" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,'19-20');">Rom 12:19-20</a>
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<li>Vengeance does not belong to us
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<li>Vengeance is God"s</li>
<li>Give way to God"s wrath &#8212; let it rule</li>
<li>"I will repay" &#8212; pay back &#8212; personally and accurately
<a id="si_16" onclick="return mV('Deu',32,35);">Deu 32:35</a>;
<a id="si_17" onclick="return mV('2Ti',1,'5-9');">2Ti 1:5-9</a></li>
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<li>Kindness is the heart"s tenderizer</li>
<li>Vengeance means we have stooped to the same evil</li>
<li>Revenge becomes wild and uncontrollable</li>
<li>The natural man &#8212; has a spirit of retaliation</li>
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<li>Love overcomes evil &#8212; <a id="si_18" onclick="return mV('Rom',12,'20-21');">Rom 12:20-21</a>
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<li>Treats enemies with kindness</li>
<li>Gives to the enemy &#8212; food, drink</li>
<li>The coals of fire &#8212; the healing shame</li>
<li>The overcoming
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<li>We are overcome by evil when we are brought to commit the same
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<li>Evil can never be conquered by evil</li>
<li>When hatred is met by hatred, hatred increases</li>
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<li>We overcome evil with good
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<li>The way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend</li>
<li>Kill enemies with kindness</li>
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<li>There is a war between good and evil
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<li>No one is neutral</li>
<li>We must live a positive godly and good life</li>
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<li>The national application</li>
<li>The personal application</li>
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