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The LORD is speaking to His people who have an ear to hear the message of The Wisdom of His Love. There is such wisdom in The Love of God that all the powers of hell can not overcome it. The devil can not even comprehend it. The fact that God would so greatly love mankind, sinful, rebellious, fallen mankind is something that confounds and destroys the work of The Kingdom of Darkness.
John
1:1-5 (NLT)
John
1:1-5 (NLT)
1 In
the beginning the Word already existed.
The
Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
2 He
existed in the beginning with God.
3 God
created everything through him,
and
nothing was created except through him.
4 The
Word gave life to everything that was created,
and
his life brought light to everyone.
5 The
light shines in the darkness,
and the
darkness can never extinguish it.
The Bible says that Love Conquers ALL.
John 3:16 says That God so LOVED THE World that He gave His only
begotten son, that whosoever would believe in Him would have
everlasting life. We see in the Book of 1 Corinthians that although
a man can be endowed with every gift and show mighty signs and
wonders to the awe of those watching, without Gods Love working in
and through them, they are nothing. In Gods eyes without Love all
acts of power are only self-serving and are worthy of no rewards.
1 Corinthians 13 (NKJV)
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but
have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging
cymbal. 2 And
though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand
all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing. 3 And though
I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I
give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me
nothing.
4 Love
suffers long and is kind;
love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is
not puffed
up; 5 does
not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not
provoked, thinks
no evil; 6 does
not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears
all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all
things.
We have only had a small taste of The
Love of God. We have only allowed ourselves to be vulnerable enough
to stay comfortable, open enough to feel the pain others with pity,but have fallen short of allowing The Compassion of Christ to flow freely. However, behind those
walls we have set up in our hearts and minds there is a Divine Law
that overcomes every other law. There is a Divine Wisdom that can not
be challenged in any productive way by all the powers of darkness.
There is an Eternal Power available to release a compassion that can
reach into this fallen world and demonstrate The Glory Of Gods
Kingdom.
The Final Great Awakening is before us. There are mighty good works and miracles that The Lord has prepared for us to walk in and perform in His Name. Will we reach into the dark places with His Love through actions and plans that will bring blessing to the masses? Or will we walk away like The Rich Man after Jesus told him the cost of following Him?
Luke 4:16-19
When he came to Nazareth, where he had
been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He
stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and
found the place where it was written: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he has anointed me to bring
good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight
to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’
Matthew 14:13-21 (NKJV)
13 When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”
18 He
said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 Then
He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the
five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He
blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the
disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So
they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of
the fragments that remained. 21 Now
those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and
children.
Paul cried out daily that The Church
would receive a super natural revelation of The Fullness of The Love
of Christ and The Knowledge of The Will of God. These prayers of Paul
are inseparable. We can not have a revelation of Gods Will and
Knowledge without having a full revelation of The Fullness of His
Love through Christ. Any revelation of the knowledge of Gods will is
incomplete with out the understanding of the full breadth, width and
height of The Love of Christ. In turn any time we attempt to
interpret what Gods will is for our lives, our church, our ministry
or our community without the revelation of The Love of Christ, our
interpretation will be lacking and the impact of His Glory dimmed.
Ephesians 3:14-19 (NKJV)
14 For
this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, 15 from
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that
He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to
be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner
man, 17 that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being
rooted and grounded in love, 18 may
be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the
width and length and depth and height— 19 to
know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be
filled with all the fullness of God.
1
John 4 (NKJV)
1. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the
spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets
have gone out into the world. 2 By
this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and
every spirit that does not confess that
Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of
the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already
in the world.
4 You
are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who
is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They
are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the
world, and the world hears them. 6 We
are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not
hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of
error.
Knowing God Through Love
7 Beloved,
let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves
is born of God and knows God. 8 He
who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In
this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His
only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
Him. 10 In
this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and
sent His Son to be the propitiation for our
sins. 11 Beloved, if
God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Seeing God Through Love
12 No
one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in
us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By
this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given
us of His Spirit. 14 And we
have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior
of the world. 15 Whoever
confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in
God. 16 And
we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love,
and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
The Consummation of Love
17 Love
has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness
in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this
world. 18 There
is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear
involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in
love. 19 We
love Him
because He first loved us.
Obedience by Faith
Pastor A.R Bernard spoke recently at
the church I attend, I have link ed the message below. It is worth
taking the time to really listen to the message. He articulates the
truth of how incredible it is to be made in the image of God in a way
I have never heard before.
When we see others as being made in
Gods Image we can understand the scripture that tells us to love one
another even as Christ Loves us. There is so much more I want to
say, but I think Pastor Bernard's message, along with my thoughts and
scriptures I shared here will be sufficient to give those who have an
ear to hear and eyes to see a revelation of what The Lord is speaking
to His Entire Church Worldwide.
Luke 14:12-14
He said also to the one who had invited
him, ‘When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your
relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you
give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed,
because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.’
Luke 10:25-37 (NRSV)
25 Just then a lawyer stood up to
test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said,“what must I do to inherit
eternal life?”
26 He said to him,“What
is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He
answered, “You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and
your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this,
and you will live.”
29 But wanting to justify
himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus
replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving
him half dead.
31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he
passed by on the other side.
32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed
by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he
was moved with pity. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine
on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of
him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ 36 Which of these
three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 He
said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go
and
do likewise.”
Matthew 25:31-46 (NLT)
31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit
upon his glorious throne. 32 All
the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will
separate the people as a shepherd separates the
sheep from the goats. 33 He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left.
34 “Then the King will say to
those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father,
inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the
creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a
drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.
36 I was naked, and you gave me
clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
37 “Then these righteous ones
will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to
drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?
39 When
did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
40 “And the King will say,‘I
tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my
brothers and sisters,you were doing it
to me!’
41 “Then the King will turn to
those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into
the eternal fire prepared for the devil and
his demons. 42 For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me.
I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a
drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into
your home. I was naked, and you didn’t
give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
44 “Then they will reply,
‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or
naked or sick or in prison, and not help
you?’
45 “And he will answer, ‘I
tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my
brothers and sisters, you were refusing
to help me.’
46 “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”
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