#22 - The Fork in the Road, Part Three: Returning to our First Love

It's time to talk the walk again!

Do we love people more than we love the Most High, and why does it matter?

We begin the final part in our discussion on the fork in the road we currently face by talking about that, and the dangers of replacing our love for Abba with a love of our sensibilities, celebrity pastors, the churches themselves, or even our neighbors.  Loving our neighbor matters, or course, but it should never outweigh or outpace our love for the Father.  Otherwise, we may find ourselves failing to properly love either.  We also discuss how this practice of elevating our love for neighbor over our love for the Father inevitably leads to compromise against the commandments He gives for the sake of tolerance, unity, and likeability.  A compromise that cracks and ultimately breaks our spiritual foundation.

Following our featured song for the week (see below), we continue in the bottom half of the episode by discussing our choice between life and death, losing our "first love", and an example from the kings of Judah (Jehoshaphat) who had likewise lost his first love in favor of his neighbor (Ahab), leading to compromise, along with how it is he course corrected in a big way to get that first love back again.  Is Jehoshaphat a picture of the modern churches in this regard, and how can we learn from him in our own much needed course correction moving forward?

Be sure and stay tuned until the end to hear one last story from Carl's trip with a really cool and impactful spiritual connection for all of us.

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Featured Song:

"All of Me" by ASAP Preach

(https://www.asappreachmusic.com)

Also, a big thanks to Steven Salfelder for providing the use of his music for our intro and outro songs!  Find him on YouTube at the link below:

(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYG3At97hNxmo_ICaGF0-Q3bLmtEdMnLI)

Intro:

"War Going Down" by Steven Salfelder

Outro:

"River of Life" by Steven Salfelder