“He
came unto His own, and His own received Him not” (John 1:11)
Christians
are one body with Jesus today. “And He is the head of the Body, the Church;
who is the Beginning…” (Col. 1:18). Can you separate the head from the body? If
we are the body of Christ, then we are one body and the same with Him. Jesus is
the Word. The Bible is the Word of God. That means you are literally carrying
Jesus in your hand and in your heart.
Does
this say something to you? Every time you hear a sermon or a preaching, Jesus
is coming to you. Receiving Jesus or receiving Him as the Word is more than
merely hearing the Word. Anybody can hear the Word. In fact, the scripture
says: “…the devils also believe, and tremble” (James 2:19). It is not hearing
the Word that matters. It is receiving what you hear and building the
foundation of your life on it based on the “Love factor” that motivated God to
give His only begotten Son as the sacrificial Lamb for your sins.
Love
is the greatest force both in heaven and on earth, when you love somebody, you
will go out of your way to please that person. There is however a difference
between the carnal love which gives fulfillment in sensual gratifications and
the Agape type of love which is heaven bound and is eternal. This Agape love is
Christ-centered and is the backbone of the church as the body of Christ. If you
study the Bible, you will realize that faith and hope will stop but love is
forever. (I Cor. 13:8).The church today has more of people who confess that
they are Christians but are still very dry. They need to be compelled, prodded
or treated nicely before they do the work of God. They certainly do not love
God; because if they do, they will want to do things that will please Him,
without having any room for complacency.
When
you love God, that love for Him will metamorphose into passion and compassion.
Compassion comes from passion. People who have no passion cannot have
compassion. Love produces passion because you can only be passionate about the
thing/person you love. Most Christians have no passion because they have no
love for God. Some may have a bit of love for Him but because their love has no
depth, it is passionless and therefore of no effect.
This
accounts for why some start zealously and suddenly grow cold. There is no fire
to keep their love ablaze! The fire that will keep your love for God ablaze is
embedded up in His Word. Do you know that many Christians do not have depth in
the work of God? They dry up before the race starts. So they become domestic
pets in the church that must be nursed continually. They are like retarded babies.
A carrier of Jesus ought to be alive, fervent, consistent, and faithful and be
an example to other believers.
Prayer/Confession:
I receive Jesus as the Truth, the Way, and the Author of life. I renew and
revive my love relationship with God today.
Further
Reading: Deuteronomy 6:5; 7:9
Words
of Wisdom: Love is the only virtue that is timeless
Photo: Word of Life Bible Church
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