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Monday, July 20,
2009
Believe The Love
1 John 4:16-17 And we have known and
believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in
love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (17) Herein is our love made perfect,
that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are
we in this world. (KJV)
Our God loves mankind, whether they
choose to believe it or not. The love of God is not like the love of man
which is based on emotions and feelings, mostly according to the outward
sight. The love of God is eternal, it never ends, and His love is
unconditional, based on who you are. Man’s love comes and goes; that person
you were madly in love with one day will be just a memory months from now
while you are chasing someone else that your lower nature craves.
Williams New Testament translation
of 1Corinthians 13:1-3
1. If I could speak the languages of men,
of angels too, and have no love, I am only a rattling pan or a clashing
cymbal. 2. If I should have the gift of prophecy, And know all secret
truths, and knowledge in its every form, and have such perfect faith that I
could move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing. 3. If I should dole
out everything I have for charity, and give my body up to torture in mere
boasting pride, but have no love, I get from it no good at all.
There are a lot of people out there
making a lot of noise; you know, the many false prophets that our Lord warned
us about. Even though they may be in the position of a pastor, teacher, or
any other calling they have put themselves into, as far as the Lord is
concerned it is like a daycare center with a bunch of childish people
making a lot of noise. If you don’t know the love of God, and your motive
for serving the Lord is not one of love, then all these so called righteous
deeds and things you thought were pleasing in His sight will be nothing
more than vain, empty and useless, without results.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, (10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (11) And such
were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
(KJV)
Thayer’s definition for ‘effeminate’:
3120
malakos-
1) soft, soft to the touch
2) metaphorically, in a bad sense:
effeminate:
1) used of a
catamite
2) used of a boy
kept for homosexual relations with a man
3) used of a male
who submits his body to unnatural lewdness
4) used of a male
prostitute
One of the deceptions of the devil these
days is the term tolerance, that Christians are too judgmental and are
judging people rather than tolerating them. What a real man or woman of God
is called to do is to deliver the message, or at times the judgment God,
which He spells out quite clearly in His Word on how He views these issues,
and not our fallen nature’s viewpoint anymore. But as we have gotten to the
end, in these last days, we have too many people pleasers out there who
rather than teach and preach how to be overcomers they would rather
tolerate the sin, which is exactly what the devil wants to see the people
stay trapped in. As we see illustrated in verse 11, the reason people come
to the Lord and the only way they can be in good standing with Him is by
washing away these sins, not trying to hang onto them and tolerate them.
Just like with a hospital, the doctors are there to diagnose and get rid of
the illness, not let it spread and take others down with it.
Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the
flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, (20) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, (21) Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also
told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the
kingdom of God. (KJV)
No matter how the works of the flesh
manifest, God is quite clear and plain on where He stands, and what He
expects of people in order for them to inherit His kingdom. The love of God
is not some nice feel good doctrine type of person, but rather sometimes
the love of God manifests with simple, right to the heart, straight
shooting doctrine based on truth, the only thing that will set one free.
1 John 5:3-4 For this is the love of God,
that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. (4)
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, even our faith. (KJV)
Strong’s defintion for
‘overcometh’:
3528
nikao (nik-ah'-o); from 3529; to subdue (literally or figuratively):
KJV-- conquer, overcome, prevail, get the
victory.
A true man or woman of God, one who
believes and understands the love of God, will be teaching the people how
to overcome their fallen natures and not trying to tolerate something our
Lord doesn’t allow. Do you love God and have a real love for His people?
Then let His truth set you free so that you can believe and continue in His
love to the end.
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