Often the love we experience in the world today is based on our performance or another’s personal preference. This kind of love can change easily and does not fulfill. The love with which God loves you is not this way. The Bible tells us that “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). This means that even when you had your back turned toward God, He loved you so much that He sent His only Son to earth to die in your place, that you might receive eternal life.
The love that God has shown us is the kind of love we as Christians are to show everyone we know—the kind of love that treats another person as we ourselves would like to be treated, the kind of love that would die for another person, even for our enemies. When someone treats you badly and you treat them well in return, you have loved them the way God loves. You cannot love this way out of your own strength; you will only end up frustrated. Instead, you can love others by faith. When you understand that God loved you completely when you were a sinner, and that you have been saved by this love because of your faith in Jesus Christ, you can love others by this same faith through the power of the Holy Spirit. You can ask God in faith to fill you with His love for others and He will be faithful to do it, for it is His desire that you love others as He has loved you.
Key verses
“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
1 John 4:10,11
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“And He has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.”
1 John 4:21
Showing posts with label faith in Jesus Christ. Show all posts
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Monday, 11 January 2010
Thursday, 7 January 2010
tell others about Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit
What is the most important moment of your life? If you are a Christian, it is the moment you accepted Jesus Christ into your life to be your Lord and Savior. Because of your faith in Him, you now have life, and life more abundantly (John 10:10). What then is the greatest thing you can do for another person? It is to give them an opportunity to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and experience the abundant life you now have. God has you given you both the command and the ability to tell others about Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said to His disciples (us), “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19,20). We can make disciples of others by witnessing to them—by telling them about who Jesus Christ is and what He has done for us. In order to be an effective witness, you should be confident of your own salvation by faith in Jesus Christ and should be filled with the Holy Spirit. Always confess any sin you have committed to God and ask for His forgiveness, and be prepared to share your faith in Jesus. Then ask God for opportunities to witness, and talk to those whom you know and those you meet about Jesus Christ. God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4), so you can go in the power of the Holy Spirit and tell others about the salvation available through belief in Jesus Christ!
Key verses
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8)
“And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14).
“And He commanded us to preach to the people, to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead” (Acts 10:42).
"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction." (2 Timothy 4:2)
Jesus said to His disciples (us), “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19,20). We can make disciples of others by witnessing to them—by telling them about who Jesus Christ is and what He has done for us. In order to be an effective witness, you should be confident of your own salvation by faith in Jesus Christ and should be filled with the Holy Spirit. Always confess any sin you have committed to God and ask for His forgiveness, and be prepared to share your faith in Jesus. Then ask God for opportunities to witness, and talk to those whom you know and those you meet about Jesus Christ. God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4), so you can go in the power of the Holy Spirit and tell others about the salvation available through belief in Jesus Christ!
Key verses
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8)
“And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14).
“And He commanded us to preach to the people, to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead” (Acts 10:42).
"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction." (2 Timothy 4:2)
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