Saturday, October 6, 2012

Love as CHRIST loves

Rev_22:11  He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

In context now-

Rev 22:7(JESUS IS SPEAKING HERE)  Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

Rev 22:8  And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
Rev 22:9  Then saith he (THE ANGEL) unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Rev 22:10  And he (THE ANGEL) saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Rev 22:11  He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Rev 22:12   (JESUS IS SPEAKING HERE) And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Rev 22:13  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Rev 22:14  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Rev 22:15  For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Rev 22:16 (JESUS IS SPEAKING HERE)  I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

Rev 22:17  And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Rev 22:18  For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Rev 22:19  And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Rev 22:20  He which testifieth these things saith, (JESUS SPEAKING) Surely I come quickly.

 Amen.  Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Rev 22:21  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.


Rev_22:11  He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

There will be two sides at the end, as there has been seen sin came into existence and then when man chose to follow sin.

Two states of being.

Those who are unjust and filthy.

And those who are righteous and holy.

Before our Lord comes again all will have chosen a side in this spiritual warfare that will suddenly become very real to people.

The difference between the two states of being is in the choice they've made to either live for Jesus or live for Satan.

It all boils down to choosing a side.

We make light lately of choosing to be on 'Team Soandos, or Team Thisandthat' according to those we like in the movies or tv shows and whatnot. The reality is that there is a Team Jesus and a Team Satan and we all will all have chosen a side before our Savior returns. He's returning whether you believe or not, that won't stop Him.

Whose side do you want to be on?

The sides are spiritual- the choice is spiritual.

We spoke a little bit yesterday of love being a part of spiritual living and what that love means and it's NOT just three little words spoken, it's a sacrificial state of being.  Only Satan has twisted love to mean something different, he's warped it into a selfish state of being.  We love others under conditions and as long as those conditions are met we love. When those conditions stop being met we then make a choice as to whether or not we want to change the conditions of our love and continue on loving regardless of the old conditions.  It happens all the time. We are filled with ideas of what love should be, how it should feel, how it should act and when those ideas are interfered with we either alter our perception of love or we keep our perception intact and move on.

People get all caught up in the state of 'being in love' without realizing they are caught up in emotions that can fade, or even completely disappear. When we reduce love to emotions we strip love of reality and become victims of just another trap of Satan's.

Ideally we'd all live in a state of unending perfect love, but that is NOT reality. 

When you start a new relationship you have these overwhelming feelings coursing through you and even if you're smart enough to stop and realize these feelings will fade over time, you don't really know what will remain when they're gone. Will there be a deeper abiding love, or an emptiness, a hollowness?       Often the fading is so gradual it develops into something deeper a true abiding relationship, but sometimes the fading is a fight, a battle to keep things from fading and the fight creates that emptiness.

We have tons of examples surrounding us of what love is supposed to be and what it's not.  Ultimately there is only one perfect example and that is CHRIST JESUS our LORD and SAVIOR, Our God.

When we look at HIM, when we STUDY HIM and HIS life, we are shown that PERFECT LOVE.

Jesus DIED for sinners He loved!  Jesus didn't die pining over something that didn't exist. Jesus didn't die to get people to love Him. Jesus didn't die strictly for those who were high ups in the church -the so called righteous of His day.  Jesus didn't die for those who were sinless.

Jesus gave His life for ALL.

1Ti 2:3  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1Ti 2:4  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
1Ti 2:5  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1Ti 2:6  Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

A RANSOM FOR ALL!

Jesus wasn't choosy about who He died for. He loved HUMANITY, He love MANKIND, His love didn't get down to the pickiness that we possess when we decide to love others. He didn't love that way. He LOVES ALL equally!  He is our SPIRITUAL EXAMPLE!

We too are to LOVE EQUALLY, all of mankind!

And we can ONLY love this way by HAVING HIM IN US!

Of our own accord at the very most all we'd be able to do is love somewhat, with a very imperfect love.

We aren't given instruction by our Savior without reason.

Love - suffers long
Love - is kind
Love- does not envy
Love- does not revolve around self
Love- does not think more of itself than others
Love- isn't unseemly
Love- doesn't seek to receive
Love- doesn't easily get angry
Love- doesn't think of committing evil
Love- will not be happy in evil acts
Love- WILL be happy in the truth
Love- WILL bear ALL things
Love- WILL believe ALL things
Love- WILL hope ALL things
Love - WILL endure ALL things
Love- won't fail
Love- is the Greatest Spiritual Gift of all

Love is, love will, love  does, love doesn't…

Guidelines.

Why do we need guidelines because with these guidelines we are able to recognize what is of God and what is of Satan.  When we aren't loving we need to repent and seek forgiveness, not just blow it off as being human. 

We need the Holy Spirit in us revealing just how truly we have surrendered our will to God's. We have to live in constant surrender to our Lord, allowing HIM to live in us in a very REAL way, not just as something we say but don't really mean at all.

It's a choice, a daily choice, not something less, but probably something more.  A constant choice, because we are in a constant battle all around us- Satan versus GOD, Evil versus LOVE.  A constant battle and a constant battle needs constant choosing.  This battle is so insidious that from one moment to the next we are presented with temptations towards evil. Satan is an enemy that doesn't rest for a moment and will jump in at every opportunity to try to wrest us away from our SAVIOR.

We need to have CHRIST in us, our ALL IN ALL! 

And by HIS MERCY and GRACE we will have Him in us! By His love we will have Him!

Please LORD let us CHOOSE YOU always!

Please LORD let us recognize our choices and let us repent and seek forgiveness when we are shown to be choosing sin, choosing Satan over YOU and YOUR LOVE!

Please LORD, bless us! We are NOTHING without You, nothing!

All in YOU!

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