He that believeth NOT is condemned already

Joh 3:17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Read that a few times, let it all sink in.

So many love to say that people everywhere will be saved, no matter what they believe, but that's not what the Word of Truth tells us.

If we BELIEVE in the SON of GOD we will NOT be condemned.
If we DON'T BELIEVE we ARE condemned.
If we do not believe in the NAME of the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON of GOD we are condemned.

Can it be any clearer?

Do you believe in the NAME of the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON of GOD?

Right now in our world's current events we have numerous attacks and protests taking place against people who dared to be associated even remotely associated, with someone who made a parody movie against Mohammad. People are being KILLED by these protestors all in the name of a PROPHET, not God, but a PROPHET. Supposedly this prophet DOES not want violence and yet you see so much of it happening in his name.  Contrary to what these people believe, those of us who believe the Bible, believe that our GOD, sent HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON into our world, and HIS SON NEVER advocated violence.  Throughout our history people have chosen to ALSO use the SON of GOD to commit violence. Yet our BIBLE, the very word of GOD, the very words of GOD'S SON, tell us NOT to be violent but to submit to our enemies, to turn and offer our other cheek to one who would hurt us on one cheek, to do GOOD to those who despitefully use us. Over and over the Apostles and disciples of our SAVIOR were tortured and killed. People imagine that somehow God or their supposed prophets will be proud of them for hurting the unbelievers and yet that's not how it is at all. Those people are bringing GREAT SHAME to those they believe in when they commit violence. So why do they continue to commit the violent acts?  Why do they do these acts in the name of their God, their prophets? There is NO love in that violence, none. 

When a person disciplines another to correct them in error it's NOT supposed to be done with violent intent. When we HAVE to discipline it should be with nothing but LOVE. The correction is for LOVE isn't it? It's supposed to be about LOVE nothing else!  If you can't discipline another out of love then DO NOT discipline them at all!

Satan is a destroyer and all those that destroy are of HIM, they can be of NO OTHER.

We can NEVER condemn a single person whether they believe or not, Muslim, Jew, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Pagan, etc.. we cannot CONDEMN those individuals!  We can comprehend there are FALSE religions - many of them- but we cannot know the heart of ANY individual- that is for GOD ALONE!

If a person does NOT believe on the NAME of the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON of GOD we KNOW they are condemned ULTIMATELY by GOD- not us! We must have the HOPE for them that they'll ultimately come to the LOVE of God in Jesus Christ, this must be OUR HOPE for all- even the worst of the worst.

Only when we have this hope for others, even those we are tempted to believe are completely and utterly lost because of their acts and beliefs- can we truly say we LOVE them!

It's so easy to NOT love those who hurt us.
It's so easy to NOT love those who do NOT believe in Jesus Christ.
It's so easy to NOT LOVE period. Satan has made it incredibly easy for us to not love.

We talked yesterday about our creation and how we were created BY LOVE, redeemed by LOVE, and we have to LIVE by love in spite of the hatred that is in our world. The hatred is growing and growing and it will continue to grow until it has consumed almost everyone in one form or another. 

We must pray that we are not consumed by the hate so prevalent in our world.
We must pray for the LOVE of God to be in US!

Joh 3:17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Even though we are living in a world where millions and millions do NOT believe upon the name of the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON of GOD, we must LOVE them and NOT condemn them- that is for GOD to ultimately do. We are warned, they are warned, and the choice will be theirs, not OURS..

Please God, help us to submit fully to YOU and YOUR love and to trust wholly in YOU all through YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST our LORD.