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Ladder of

LOVE
Steps to a Sanctified Relationship
“True love is a high and holy
principle, altogether different in
character from that love which is
awakened by impulse, and which
suddenly dies when severely
tested.”
Messages to Young People p466
Let every step toward a marriage
alliance be characterized by
modesty, simplicity, sincerity,
and an earnest purpose to
please and honor God. Marriage
affects the afterlife both in this
world and in the world to come.
A sincere Christian will make no
Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built
her house,
She has hewn out
her seven pillars;
Ladder of Christian Progress
But also for this very reason, giving all
5

diligence, add to your faith virtue, to


virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge
self-control, to self-control [a
]
perseverance, to perseverance
godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly
kindness, and to brotherly kindness
love(Agape). 2Peter 1:5-7
Steps to Agape
1. Faith
2. Virtue
3. Knowledge
4. Self-control
5. Perseverance
6. Godliness
7. Brotherly Kindness
8. Love of God (Agape)
For if these things are yours and
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abound, you will be neither barren nor


[a]

unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord


Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these
things is shortsighted, even to
blindness, and has forgotten that he
was cleansed from his old sins.
10
Therefore, brethren, be even more
diligent to make your call and election
Steps to a Sanctified
Relationship
1. Ask God
2. Be prepared
3. Know who
4. Counsel & examine
5. Get into courtship
6. Get engaged
7. Get Married
8. Agape
#1 Ask God
(Proverbs 3:5-6)
5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [a]direct your paths.
#2 Be Prepared
• Maturity
• Submission to God
• Lifework
• Delight in the Lord
• Obedience to God
#3 Know who
• Your lifework
• Similarities
• God met you up
#4 Examine
Love is a plant of heavenly origin. It is not
unreasonable; it is not blind. It is pure
and holy. But the passion of the natural
heart is another thing altogether. While
pure love will take God into all its plans,
and will be in perfect harmony with the
Spirit of God, passion will be headstrong,
rash, unreasonable, defiant of all restraint,
Great care should be taken by Christian
youth in the formation of friendships and in
the choice of companions. Take heed, lest
what you now think to be pure gold turns
out to be base metal. Worldly associations
tend to place obstructions in the way of
your service to God, and many souls are
ruined by unhappy unions, either business
or matrimonial, with those who can never
elevate or ennoble.
Let those who are contemplating marriage
weigh every sentiment and watch every
development of character in the one
with whom they think to unite their life
destiny.
Messages to Young People p435
#4 Counsel & Examine
14
Where there is no counsel, the
people fall;
But in the multitude of
counselors there is safety.
Proverbs 11:14
It is here that the youth show less
intelligence than on any other subject;
it is here that they refuse to be reasoned
with. The question of marriage seems to
have a bewitching power over them. They
do not submit themselves to God. Their
senses are enchained, and they move
forward in secretiveness, as if fearful that
their plans would be interfered with by
some one.
the Bible is needed as a counselor, it is
before taking a step that binds persons
together for life. But the prevailing
sentiment is that in this matter the feelings
are to be the guide;
Messages to Young People p447
Steps to a Sanctified
Relationship
1. Ask God
2. Be prepared
3. Know who
4. Counsel & examine
5. Get into courtship
6. Get engaged
7. Get Married
8. Agape
Steps to Agape
1. Faith
2. Virtue
3. Knowledge
4. Self-control
5. Perseverance
6. Godliness
7. Brotherly Kindness
8. Love of God (Agape)

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