“Confidence Through Actions”

 “Confidence Through Actions”

 

Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.  Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.    1 John 3:18-19

 

It is ALWAYS good to HEAR someone tell you that they LOVE YOU, but it is even BETTER to be a RECIPIENT of the ACTIONS of that acclamation.  When we put our WORDS into ACTION, it is being MORE REALISTIC and SINCERE about what was SPOKEN.  There is an old cliché that says:  “ACTIONS speak louder that WORDS”, which holds a lot of TRUTH to it. You can even SHOW how you feel about someone, and NOT necessarily SAY the WORDS, because your ACTIONS exemplify what is in your HEART.  

 

The ACTIONS of our Creator, God, are ALWAYS showing us His LOVE for us.  And we KNOW about His GREAT LOVE, through His ACTIONS, when He sent His ONLY SON, to SUFFER and DIE in OUR place, that we might RECEIVE FORGIVENESS of our sins, and to be able to have HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, as our ETERNAL HOME.  And to ESCAPE spending an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  Imagine what it would be like, if God merely SPOKE to us and AUDIBLY SAID:  “I LOVE YOU”, but He NEVER EXEMPLIFIED His LOVE with any ACTIONS.  I’m so GLAD that He SHOWS us His GREAT LOVE through HIS ACTIONS.  

 

GOD is TRUTH and LOVE, so when we put our LOVE into ACTIONS, those ACTIONS will show that we BELONG to the TRUTH, which is the fact that we BELONG to GOD.  And therefore, we SHOULD SHOW our LOVE by our ACTIONS, and NOT just with WORDS.  If you TRULY LOVE GOD, put that LOVE into ACTIONS, by PUTTING Him FIRST in your LIFE, and DO the THINGS He has ASKED you to do, and do them with a LOVING ATTITUDE.  So you will be CONFIDENT when you stand before GOD.  

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you do NOT have the LOVE of GOD in your HEART, and you are NOT His CHILD, and your ACTIONS of LOVE will not show that YOU belong to the TRUTH, (God) and you will NOT be able to STAND before Him with CONFIDENCE.  But you will STAND before Him with FEAR and TREMBLING, as His Judgment of CONDEMNATION is ANNOUNCED.  In order to NOT face that scenario, you MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who DIED for YOU.  You MUST BELIEVE that He DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION (LOVE in ACTION), and STAND with CONFIDENCE because you BELONG to the TRUTH (God), and PUT your LOVE for GOD and OTHERS into ACTIONS.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!