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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 EACH OTHER" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
LET'S LOVE EACH OTHER
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT "LOVE" IN A LOT OF MY MORNING MESSAGES BUT THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PASSAGES ON LOVE AND THAT IS 1ST JOHN 4:7-8 WHERE IT 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 SCRIPTURE 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.
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 THEY HAVE NOT.
HOWEVER, IF GOD DRAWS THEM AND THEY ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR, WE WILL SEE THEM IN HEAVEN. ALTHOUGH WE ARE COMMANDED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE TO DO SO. WE CAN HATE THE SIN BUT LOVE THE SINNER. THAT IS WHAT WE DO FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND 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 ME OR MY FAMILY. 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 AND THEY HAD TO ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR. ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A CHANGE IN THEM.
I BELIEVE PRAYER IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO FOR THEM. TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS WOULD BE LIKE TRYING TO GET ME AND YOU TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS NOT OUR SAVIOR. THAT CAN NEVER HAPPEN.
THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT ALL THEIR LIVES THAT THEIR WAY IS THE ONLY WAY. I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE WHERE JESUS SAYS IN JOHN 6, VERSE 44, "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day."
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS OF JESUS AND YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL 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. WHAT WILL YOU DO?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
