“A LOVE or HATE Relationship?”

 “A LOVE or HATE Relationship?”

 

I have loved you even as the Father has loved Me.  Remain in My love.  When you obey MY Commandments, you remain in My love, just as I obey My Father’s Commandments and remain in His Love.   John 15:9-10

 

If the world hates you, remember that it hated Me first.  The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world.  I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.  John 15:18-19

 

First of all, let us LOOK into the LOVE RELATIONSHIP.  This LOVE should NOT be a HUMAN type of LOVE. The LOVE that humans have for each other is a SUPERFICIAL kind of LOVE. The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Corinthians, says this about the kind of LOVE that the LORD JESUS CHRIST wants us to have: “Love is PATIENT and KIND.  LOVE is NOT JEALOUS or BOASTFUL or PROUD or RUDE.  It does NOT DEMAND its OWN way.  It is NOT IRRITABLE, and it KEEPS NO record of BEING WRONGED.  It does NOT REJOICE about INJUSTICE but REJOICES whenever the TRUTH wins out.  LOVE NEVER GIVES UP, NEVER LOSES FAITH, is ALWAYS HOPEFUL, and ENDURES through EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE.  1 Corinthians 13:4-7

 

Whenever a person comes to CHRIST for their SALVATION, their ATTITUDE of LOVE should MEET all of the above criteria, and how can we LOVE like that?  We do that by REMAINING in the LOVE of JESUS.  And when you are OBEDIENT to His COMMANDS, then YOUR LOVE will take on the characteristics of the LIST (above) that Paul gave to the CORINTHIANS. And your LOVE will be a CHRISTLIKE LOVE, because we mirror the ATTRIBUTES of God, our HEAVENLY FATHER and His Son the LORD JESUS CHRIST, especially with other BELIEVERS.  

 

Now, let us look a little bit into the HATE RELATIONSHIP.   John says: “If the world HATES you, remember that it HATED Me (JESUS) FIRST.”  HATE, a little word with CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES.  It has HURT and has brought HEARTACHE to TOO MANY PEOPLE.  Wars have broken out, with NATION against NATION, because of HATRED and a HUNGER for POWER. RACIAL PROBLEMS have erupted.  And TOO MANY DEATHS happening ALL because SOME PEOPLE are allowing SATAN to RULE and RUIN their LIVES, to include their ETERNAL DESTINY.  Is this YOUR STORY?  

 

If you are in the above situation, and you are ALLOWING SATAN to LEAD you down the WRONG PATH, then you are headed for an ETERNAL LIFE spent in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE ONCE YOU ARE THERE.  It WILL be TOO LATE, unless the HOLY SPIRIT deals with your HEART and you are CONVICTED of the SINS in your life. Then it will be up to YOU to decide, whether you ACCEPT or REJECT God’s INVITATION to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN to GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You do that by first ADMITTING that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your WRETCHED SOUL.  Then you MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is NOW ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for YOU before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him, and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and ACCEPT GOD’S UNFAILING LOVE and ALLOW it to RULE in YOUR HEART and be OBEDIENT to JESUS’ COMMANDS.  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!