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October 15 - Speed Of Love 2026 · Abide In Me

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_01: Jesus says, I am the vine, you are the branches.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_01: If you abide in me, and I in you, you will bear much fruit.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to season two of Pillar's Abide in Me podcast.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_01: I'm Christian.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm Trish.
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  SPEAKER_00: This week we continue Speed of Love.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: We're borrowing from a Japanese theologian and his essay titled Three Mile an Hour God.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: God walks slowly because he is love.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: If he is not love, he would have gone much faster.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: Love has its speed.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is an inner speed.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a spiritual speed.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a different kind of speed from the technological speed to which we are accustomed.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: It goes on in the depth of our life, whether we notice or not, at three miles an hour.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the speed we walk, and therefore the speed the love of God walks.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: Love has a speed.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_01: Hear these words from the book we love.
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  SPEAKER_01: Then God spoke all these words.
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  SPEAKER_01: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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  SPEAKER_01: You shall have no other gods before me.
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  SPEAKER_01: You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
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  SPEAKER_01: You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents for the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_01: You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_01: Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Six days you shall labor and do all of your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.
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  SPEAKER_01: You shall not do any work, you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock or the alien resident in your towns.
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  SPEAKER_01: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day.
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  SPEAKER_01: Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_01: Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_01: You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal.
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  SPEAKER_01: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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  SPEAKER_01: You shall not cover your neighbor's house, you shall not cover your neighbor's wife, male or female slave, ox, donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is the word of the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_01: Thanks be to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: What does all of this mean for us today?
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  SPEAKER_00: Now that Christ has come, what role does God's law play in our lives as Christians?
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  SPEAKER_00: There are certainly differences between us and the children of Israel, but my conviction is that the main theme is the same.
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  SPEAKER_00: We too are called to obey God's law not in order to be saved, but out of gratitude to God because we have been saved by grace through faith in Christ.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus was very clear.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: And the Ten Commandments can be summarized by the law of love.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everything else hangs on these two commands.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make no mistake, the law itself cannot save us or ultimately transform us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Only Christ can, who is himself the way, the truth, and the life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus took our sin and the sin of the world upon himself by dying on the cross.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in his resurrection, he triumphs over sin and death and the power of darkness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we share in his very life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it is the Spirit that writes the law on our hearts, gives us new hearts.
• 4:36
  SPEAKER_00: It's Christ in us that enables us to obey God's commands.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Christ in us that transforms us from the inside out and helps us grow up into this new identity as God's adopted daughters and sons.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_00: It's Christ in us that leads us into this new life of freedom and faithful witness.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: Rest your hearts in that mercy today and find your true home in the Savior's love.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_01: For our part as a pillar community, we'd love to be praying for you.
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  SPEAKER_01: So feel free to reach out to us at abide at pillarchurch.com and if you're willing, receive this blessing.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_01: May the grace of God freely given through Christ, our Lord, and sufficient for all our needs, and may the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, who testifies with our spirit that we are God's children, guide and sustain us this day and forever.
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  SPEAKER_01: Amen.