God is saying through the Bible:
Are you into all kinds of vices?
Are you notoriously evil?
Are you feeling crushed by life?
Are you without any real friends?
However big a mess you are in right now, come to Me.
Radical Grace Through Radical Means!
Approach My throne of grace boldly for I love you just the way you are!
I sent My only Beloved Son as the Man Jesus from Nazareth to die on the Cross just for you! I sent Him for you!
See My love for you in Him. I Am for you.
I am not visible to you. But I have sent my only Beloved Son to be the Man Jesus so that you can see Me in Him. When you see Him, you see Me; see Him, see Me.
I know you are doing what you do because of the devil's lies.
The reason I made My only Beloved Son visible is to undo all the works of the devil. I have anointed Him to do all that. My Beloved Son has routed the devil by His Resurrection.
Never mind what other people are saying about you.
Never mind what you are saying about yourself.
I have chosen you to be My child before the foundation of the world.
I have stamped My Ownership of you in your biological settings.
Come to me just the way you are!
Note from blogger:
Hi there, my name is Eric.
I've been a Christian for slightly more than ten years. During all this time, I've been a Christian in name only.
It was only very recently that I realized that knowing the love of God is what being a Christian is all about. It is not about doing and having a form of spirituality or speaking all the right Christian lingo.
Being a Christian means I recognize that I am not perfect. And I will not be perfect until Jesus the Christ returns. From now till then, I rely on knowing God's love for me to be less imperfect.
It is through knowing for myself the love of God that will lead me to do right.
When Jesus was on earth, He asked His disciples: "Who do you yourself say that I am?"
Don't ever let the behavior of anyone rob you of the joy and reality of this great love.
Each and every one was created unique. Hence, God helps each individual in ways that are unique to each person.
Our only true and real love tells us this: But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good; [to that] hold fast. [1 Thessalonians 5:20-21]
I used to think love is not for the macho. It is not "man"! But is takes a "man" to realize his limitations and that he needs help. And God helps us through His love.
No man can ever convince another of God's love.
I can only bring you to the Word of His love. And this is all written in the Bible.
God's love was shown and proven by the death of His only Beloved Son on the Cross. In this is His love. God sent His only Beloved Son to die on the Cross in order to win us over from our hostility towards Him.
God has raised many men and women to preach and teach His love through His Word as contained in the Bible.
Hence, I took the liberty to present to you four such people: Louie Gilgio, Joseph Prince, Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen.
My appetite for the Word has been whetted through their preaching and teaching. Ultimately, each believer in the love of God has to read His love for himself.
There is no faction or division within the Body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:12-13
What I mean is this, that each one of you [either] says, I belong to Paul, or I belong to Apollos, or I belong to Cephas (Peter), or I belong to Christ. Is Christ (the Messiah) divided into parts? Was Paul crucified on behalf of you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 3:4-9
For when one says, I belong to Paul, and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not [proving yourselves] ordinary (unchanged) men? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministering servants [not heads of parties] through whom you believed, even as the Lord appointed to each his task:I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was making it grow and [He] gave the increase. So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater. He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor. For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God's garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God's building.
I've been a Christian for slightly more than ten years. During all this time, I've been a Christian in name only.
It was only very recently that I realized that knowing the love of God is what being a Christian is all about. It is not about doing and having a form of spirituality or speaking all the right Christian lingo.
Being a Christian means I recognize that I am not perfect. And I will not be perfect until Jesus the Christ returns. From now till then, I rely on knowing God's love for me to be less imperfect.
It is through knowing for myself the love of God that will lead me to do right.
When Jesus was on earth, He asked His disciples: "Who do you yourself say that I am?"
Don't ever let the behavior of anyone rob you of the joy and reality of this great love.
Each and every one was created unique. Hence, God helps each individual in ways that are unique to each person.
Our only true and real love tells us this: But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good; [to that] hold fast. [1 Thessalonians 5:20-21]
I used to think love is not for the macho. It is not "man"! But is takes a "man" to realize his limitations and that he needs help. And God helps us through His love.
No man can ever convince another of God's love.
I can only bring you to the Word of His love. And this is all written in the Bible.
God's love was shown and proven by the death of His only Beloved Son on the Cross. In this is His love. God sent His only Beloved Son to die on the Cross in order to win us over from our hostility towards Him.
God has raised many men and women to preach and teach His love through His Word as contained in the Bible.
Hence, I took the liberty to present to you four such people: Louie Gilgio, Joseph Prince, Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen.
My appetite for the Word has been whetted through their preaching and teaching. Ultimately, each believer in the love of God has to read His love for himself.
There is no faction or division within the Body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:12-13
What I mean is this, that each one of you [either] says, I belong to Paul, or I belong to Apollos, or I belong to Cephas (Peter), or I belong to Christ. Is Christ (the Messiah) divided into parts? Was Paul crucified on behalf of you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 3:4-9
For when one says, I belong to Paul, and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not [proving yourselves] ordinary (unchanged) men? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministering servants [not heads of parties] through whom you believed, even as the Lord appointed to each his task:I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was making it grow and [He] gave the increase. So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater. He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor. For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God's garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God's building.
The Gospel
The Gospel means the Good News.
So what is the good news?
It is the Son of God having come as the Man Jesus from Nazareth to be God's Anointed One [i.e the Messiah or the Christ] to undo all the works of the devil. [1 John 3:8]. He was anointed to do that [Luke 4:18-19].
All our pains, sufferings and lack in all its forms are the works of the devil. We suffer because of our actions. And our actions have been dictated by the devil. [Romans 5:12]
But the Son of God Who came as Jesus the Man to be the Christ has already undone all the devil's work with His Anointing. He has already disarmed principalities and powers [Colossians 2:14-15]. His Resurrection was the confirmation of it [Revelation 1:18].
Jesus the Christ has so completely destroyed all the works of the devil that He is right now seated at the right hand of God....resting [Acts 2:32-33]. He is resting not because He is tired. He is resting because His work is perfectly finished.
When the Son of God came, He gave up all His Godly rights and privileges [Philippians 2:6-8]. He was completely a Man. God gave Him the name Jesus to depict the reason He was sent: to be the Savior [Matthew 1:21].
As a mere Man, Jesus' accomplishments were based solely on His reliance on God's love. He trusted in the love of God for Him as His Father. Jesus came to reveal God as our loving Father who tenderly loves us [John 16:27].
Today, as believers in that same love, we can walk in victory too!
Now, we do what our loving Father tells us to do as written in His Word [John 6:27]. We are in a fix right now because we were under the dictatorship of the devil. But God has shown us the Way out by leading us with His love through His Word.
Jesus came to show us that the love of our Father God shall never fail us. He came to show and prove that God can be trusted.
I used to expect all my circumstances to be a bed of roses all the time. But as I read His love more, I am beginning to realize that this expectation is not biblically realistic.
God has great and wonderfully good plans for each of us. And He guides us to them through circumstances. He allows all things to happen for our good [Romans 8:28].
Jesus came to show us that God can be trusted no matter how bad circumstances may appear. For example, Jesus was tortured and died on the Cross only because God wanted to exalt Him above all things and to give Him the Name that is above all names [Philippians 2:9-11].
Before Jesus left, one of His parting words were:
"I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] (John 16:33).
Would you like to find out more of God's love?
Jesus the Christ has so completely destroyed all the works of the devil that He is right now seated at the right hand of God....resting [Acts 2:32-33]. He is resting not because He is tired. He is resting because His work is perfectly finished.
When the Son of God came, He gave up all His Godly rights and privileges [Philippians 2:6-8]. He was completely a Man. God gave Him the name Jesus to depict the reason He was sent: to be the Savior [Matthew 1:21].
As a mere Man, Jesus' accomplishments were based solely on His reliance on God's love. He trusted in the love of God for Him as His Father. Jesus came to reveal God as our loving Father who tenderly loves us [John 16:27].
Today, as believers in that same love, we can walk in victory too!
Now, we do what our loving Father tells us to do as written in His Word [John 6:27]. We are in a fix right now because we were under the dictatorship of the devil. But God has shown us the Way out by leading us with His love through His Word.
Jesus came to show us that the love of our Father God shall never fail us. He came to show and prove that God can be trusted.
I used to expect all my circumstances to be a bed of roses all the time. But as I read His love more, I am beginning to realize that this expectation is not biblically realistic.
God has great and wonderfully good plans for each of us. And He guides us to them through circumstances. He allows all things to happen for our good [Romans 8:28].
Jesus came to show us that God can be trusted no matter how bad circumstances may appear. For example, Jesus was tortured and died on the Cross only because God wanted to exalt Him above all things and to give Him the Name that is above all names [Philippians 2:9-11].
Before Jesus left, one of His parting words were:
"I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] (John 16:33).
Would you like to find out more of God's love?
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