God " so "(A sense of intensity) loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that who ever believes in Him shall not perish, but have "the Life Style of God" (Eternal Life).
God loves you first. The Law says that you must love the Lord your God with all your heart soul mind and strength. Trying to fulfill this Law only leads to failure and condemnation. God does not want you condemned! That is why His Son fulfilled the Law.
Have you been trying to love God? Stop it!!! Yes I said stop trying to love God. You independently have no power to love God. God first must love you!! And the Good news is, HE DOES!!!! And only when you receive His love, are you empowered to love Him by His love.
I will say it again! Stop trying to love God by your own power! The only way to love God is by seeing He first loved you. Then love naturally springs forth without self effort. Love flows like a river from your heart effortlessly.
The Bible says that Jesus is the Son of His Love. God said that Jesus is His beloved Son.
God gave us His only Son. His Son willingly paid the price to God's justice so that we can righteously go free from the wrath of God. Jesus took "ALL" the wrath of God that can now never be laid against us. He took all judgment! He took all penalty! God's justice sees us as "NOT GUILTY." His love for us is shown in this way; with His son He will freely give you all things.
God's Love has some "THINGS" for you! Notice I said "God's Love." I did not say seek "THINGS", seek His love and "THINGS" will come. You have to go to the right address to get the package. The right address to receive things from God is His love!
Boast not in your love for God: that shows self-condemnation. But rather boast in God's love for you; this shows forth His righteousness.
I tell you the truth, you want to see someone who is condemned in their heart, it is the person who boasts about their love for God. When a person boasts about their love for God. It is a sign that they have not heard the Gospel. All mature Christians know that it is grace alone that causes a persons love for God. And grace has nothing to do with self effort, or self achievement. It has to do with God's achievement and His alone in His Son.
Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all things shall be added to you!
In HIM,
Apostle Maitland
www.hisimageministry.org
5 comments:
I never thought of it that way
good stuff very intriguing. its cool to think that we don't need to try to love God and once we become born again we naturally love Him.
God bless,
Anthony
www.bellybutton88.blogspot.com
Great post and blog.
Your message about “God's Debt Consolidation and Cancellation Program (You Can Sign Up Today!)” is a good message that could be used in a 3 part series sermon.
Great writing….keep it going!
Apostle Maitland, if it's not too much trouble can I ask you something?
I'm frustrated with my blog. As a pastor of a large church, I have close to 1,000 readers a day on my blog, but still have a very low authority on Technorati. I want people to see this beyond North Carolina, but I guess I don't know how to get people to link and that seems to be the issue. I mean, I’ve learned that this is because I don’t have enough links to my blog site.
Why does this matter? Because I want to start reaching out to people beyond just the church, and to do that I need to get this blog up higher on the search engines.
I was wondering if you would be willing to put in a link exchange with me at www.robsingleton.net. If so, please send me an email to robtherev@gmail.com showing me where you’ve linked it and I will do the same. I know you will want to make sure we are on the up and up, so please check out our church, www.southbrookchurch.com and my blog to see if you would be comfortable with doing this. I've seen enough and know that I am.
Look forward to hearing from you!
Pastor Rob Singleton
robtherev@gmail.com
very interesting. I had never thought of it that way either. Always good to meet a fellow Christian writer. Maybe we can exchange links.
Blessings,
Lance
www.lancessoulsearching.com
jgargus2@comcast.net
Very encouraging blog post.
Blessings,
Yvette
seems like you are a fan of Mhyles
Munroe and Joseph Prince(just kidding)
Thank you for visiting my site
You have a great site.
Keep on posting.
The Lord God bless you richly and abundantly.
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