Jesus prayed, "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." John 17:21 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Galatians 5:14 If there is one thing that rings true... This world needs more love in it. Not more of religion or one's opinion.. But unity and love. Love for God our Creator and love for each other! Jesus fulfilled the law in love, through his death on the cross and resurrection. He is the only way of escape for all mankind from the curse of sin and strength to die to self, living a new life in Him! Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. I Corinthians 13:4-8 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13
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And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. (Psalms 95:8-11 KJV) May we apply our hearts to know the love and grace of God. For while we were yet sinners, Christ died for the ungodly. Jesus said, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you." (John 15:1-12 KJV) "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." (Matthew 5:6 KJV) When I surveyed the things that have transpired in my life: tragedies, my own poor judgement and many trying times... I came to a conclusion that, I've really been through Hell. So naively and ignorantly put! Painful and hard, yes. But, Jesus literally went through Hell in His death on a cross that belonged to all men for the price of sin. He paid the debt no one but God could pay. He conquered death and the grave in His resurrection to bring life to all sinners who would make Him their Lord. Only He could both lay his life down and then raise it up again. What love a creator has for His creation to be willing to humbly be born in a lowly manger and suffer unjustly for a once perfect creation marred by sin. No goodness could satisfy the debt and remove sin. Only Christ's perfect sacrifice is set apart from all others, not just an atonement but a complete cleansing and sin removal. Only through Jesus is there hope in this life. Hope for eternal life and hope during trying times. Trying times come to all the living. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Romans 5:1-10 KJV) |
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