Monday, October 19, 2020

"A Different Kind of Love!"

 

“A Different Kind of Love!”

 

Dear Friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  This is how God showed His love among us; He sent His One and Only Son into the world that we might live through Him.  This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.     (1st John 4:7-9)

 

John, the Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, immediately emphasizes that GOD IS LOVE, and because God is LOVE, we SHOULD LOVE one another.  Now, this LOVE that is discussed here, is NOT like the LOVE that man has for a woman, or moms and dads have for their children, nor is it the same kind of love that friends have for each other.  This LOVE is an AGAPE LOVE, or a GODLY LOVE.  And it is generated from a REPENTANT HEART.  In other words, it is a LOVE that is demonstrated by God’s Holy Spirit which indwells EVERY TRUE BELIEVER. 

 

This type of LOVE is DIFFERENT than HUMAN LOVE, it was NOT shown or given to us because we FIRST LOVED God, because, before a person becomes a TRUE CHILD of God, they are His enemies.  they lived in REBELLION against Him and His LAWS, and they did NOT show Him a LOVE that would COMPEL Him to LOVE them BACK.  This type LOVE is a LOVE that is NOT based on CONDITIONS or CIRCUMSTANCES, neither is it based on LOOKS, INTELLIGENCE, or one’s STATION in this life.  But it is GIVEN to US, because GOD FIRST LOVED US.

 

He manifested His LOVE for ALL of MANKIND, by sending His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON into this LOST and DYING world, as the ATONING SACRIFICE for our TRANSGRESSIONS.  And for those who will ACCEPT His LOVE, exemplified through the SHED BLOOD of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, they WILL have an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS. It is an AWESOME FEELING to EXPERIENCE GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE, and to have the ASSURANCE of an ETERNITY in HEAVEN. 

 

Those, who are God’s TRUE CHILDREN and are EXPERIENCING this DIFFERENT KIND of LOVE, need to LOVE each other, and that MEANS you LOVE the others of GOD’S FAMILY, with the LOVE of GOD.  A LOVE that is PATIENT, KIND, NOT ENVIOUS or BOASTFUL, PRIDEFUL, DISHONORABLE, or SELF-SEEKING, and ANGRY, and does NOT KEEP RECORD of WRONGS. It does NOT DELIGHT in EVIL, but REJOICES with the TRUTH. And it ALWAYS PROTECTS, TRUSTS, HOPES, and PERSEVERES.  Are YOU experiencing GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE?

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to Him, then you definitely are NOT EXPERIENCING this DIFFERENT KIND of LOVE, a LOVE that can determine your DESTINY.  God LOVES YOU so MUCH that He gave His ONLY SON to DIE in YOUR PLACE.  He PAID the PRICE for YOUR SINS.  If you REJECT GOD’S LOVE and His SON, YOU will spend ALL of ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, VOID of GOD’S LOVE, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  In order to EXPERIENCE this DIFFERENT KIND of LOVE, you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM, your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. Then CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then you MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!

 

 

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