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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"LET'S LOVE ONE ANOTHER" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
LET'S LOVE ONE ANOTHER
YESTERDAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE LOVE THAT GOD AND JESUS HAS FOR US BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES ON LOVE IS 1ST JOHN 4:7-8 "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED HOW THIS VERSE RELATES TO AN ISLAMIC TERRORIST. THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS ASK MYSELF, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO"? WELL, I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE JUST READ FOR US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE TO REMEMBER. JESUS KNEW WE WOULD BE BORN INTO A SINFUL WORLD AND HE WOULD HAVE TO BE BORN AS A MAN TO REDEEM US. HE KNEW WHAT HE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND HE DID IT ANYWAY. HE DIED FOR THOSE ISLAMIC TERRORIST ALSO. HE DIED FOR EVERYONE'S SIN. (1ST JOHN 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.) THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE CHRISTIANS HAVE ACCEPTED HIM AS OUR SAVIOR AND SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT, AS SOME OF OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE NOT. HOWEVER, IF THEY EVER DO, WE WILL SEE THEM IN HEAVEN. ALTHOUGH WE ARE COMMANDED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TO DO SO. ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY THIS IN GOD'S WORD BUT WE NEED TO HATE THE SIN BUT LOVE THE SINNER. THAT IS WHAT WE DO FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY ARE SINNERS. WE ALL SIN.
AT ONE TIME, I FOUND IT VERY HARD TO EVEN THINK ABOUT LOVING SOMEONE WHO WOULD WILLINGLY HURT OR KILL SOMEONE, ESPECIALLY MY FAMILY OR ME. I HAD TO GO BACK TO THAT SAYING "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO"? I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT PRAYING FOR THOSE PEOPLE HELPED ME. THE ONLY PRAYER I KNEW TO PRAY IS THAT THEIR EYES WOULD BE OPENED TO THE TRUTH OF GOD'S LOVE. ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, I BELIEVE THEIR WILL BE A CHANGE IN THEM.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS OF JESUS AND YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL CHOOSE TO DO. MATTHEW 5:44-45 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. SO WITH THIS SCRIPTURE, YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS WOULD DO AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE HIM.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
