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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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"GOD IS LOVE" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
GOD IS LOVE
I HAVE A LOT OF VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT I TRULY LOVE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE THE WHOLE BIBLE BUT SOME VERSES ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL. THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM ON LOVE. ONE OF MY FAVORITES ON LOVE IS 1ST JOHN 4:7-8 WHICH SAYS "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 TO ASK MYSELF, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?"
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT JESUS DIED FOR US KNOWING THAT WE WOULD BE BORN INTO A SINFUL WORLD AND THAT WE WOULD BE SINNERS. WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT HE DIED FOR THAT ISLAMIC TERRORIST ALSO. HE DIED FOR ALL SIN, NOT JUST FOR US CHRISTIANS BUT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. WHEN JOHN WAS TEACHING THIS HE WAS TALKING TO BELIEVERS. (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.) WE ARE TOLD TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND WE CAN, BUT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TO DO IT. WE CAN HATE THE SIN BUT LOVE THE SINNER. THAT IS WHAT WE DO FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. WE ALL SIN BUT WE CAN'T HATE EVERYONE.
IN THE PAST I HAVE FOUND IT HARD TO EVEN THINK OF LOVING SOMEONE WHO WOULD KILL AND HURT PEOPLE. I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SAYING, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO"? I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT PRAYING FOR THOSE PEOPLE HELPS ME. THE ONLY PRAYER I KNOW TO PRAY IS THAT THEIR EYES WILL BE OPENED TO THE TRUTH OF GOD'S LOVE. ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A CHANGE IN THEM.
ANOTHER WAY IS TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, FOR YOU WHO HAVE A PRAYER LANGUAGE. THAT WAY, HOLY SPIRIT IS PRAYING THROUGH YOU AND HE KNOWS HOW TO PRAY MUCH BETTER THAN WE EVER COULD. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PRAYER LANGUAGE, ASK HOLY SPIRIT AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ONE. YOU WILL BE EDIFIED. (ACTS 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.)
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
