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LETS TALK ABOUT IT
IF WE UNDERSTAND LOVE, WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE "SON OF GOD".
THE GREEK WORD TRANSLATED IN THE KING JAMES, STRONGS NUMBER
3049. IS (THINKETH.)
THE SAME GREEK WORD TRANSLATED IN THE NIV, IS (RECORD)
THE SAME GREEK WORD IN NAS IS , (ACCOUNT)
1COR 13:5 (KJV) DOTH NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMLY, SEEKETH NOT
HER OWN, IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED, THINKETH NO EVIL.
1COR 13:5 (NIV) IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF SEEKING, IT IS
NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS.
1COR 13:5 (NAS) DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A WRONG SUFFERED.
ONE OF THE FIRST VERSES WE LEARNED IS THAT GOD IS LOVE. NOT,
LOVE IS GOD, BUT GOD IS LOVE.
IN LIGHT OF THE ABOVE VERSES , LETS THINK ABOUT OUR BEING TOLD
OVER AND OVER THAT ‘WE SHOULD FORGIVE OVER AND OVER (70 X 7 ) TO BE EXACT.
IF WE ARE TOLD THIS , WOULD IT NOT BE WISE FOR US TO BELIEVE
THAT GOD DOES NOT KEEP A SHORT LIST OF OUR SINS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE MUST DO THE FORGIVING EVEN IF THE
OTHER PERSON DOES NOT EVEN ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT HOW MUCH A PERSON LOVES US, THE MORE
WE CAN TRUST THAT PERSON.
TRUST IS THE STRONGEST WORD IN THE SERIES OF THREE WORDS,
FAITH, HOPE AND TRUST. JUST TO SAY I HOPE I CAN IS STRONG. BUT, SUPPOSE THE HUSBAND
SAYS, "HONEY, YOU KNOW THAT DRESS YOU BEEN LOOKING AT?" YOU CAN PICK
IT UP WHEN YOU WISH. IT HAS BEEN PAID FOR. THAT JUST CHANGED FAITH AND HOPE TO
TOTAL TRUST. JUST SIT BACK AND THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO WEAR IT FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
SEE WHAT WEBSTER HAS TO SAY ABOUT
"REPENT". IT DOES NOT MEAN TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. REPENT MEANS TO
AGREE TO STOP DOING SOMETHING, TURN AND GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.
THAT IS THE KIND OF HOPE YOU CAN USE FOR AN ANCHOR.* WE ARE
NOT TALKING A FLIMSY, "SURE I AM SAVED, AND I HOPE TO GO TO HEAVEN SOME
DAY." Don’t you ever say I’m not saved! I go to church on sunday. I
give to the poor, etc. Yes, but do you know that Jesus is alive in you right
now. If you can get past the sin fessing and begging for forgiveness for sin
that has been forgiven once and forever. you may learn He is there and enjoy
letting him live in and for you. That's the plan. .Work it.. .Rest in Him.. .Let Him
drive.
THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US, THE MORE WE CAN
TRUST HIM. IF ONE
DOES NOT TRUST THE FATHER GOD, AND HIS SON JESUS, IT IS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT YET KNOWN
THE TRUTH OF HOW MUCH GOD LOVES THEM.
When WE KNOW THAT ‘WE ARE FOREVER FORGIVEN AND FOREVER
LOVED WITH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, WE
ARE FREE TO LOVE OTHERS NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO TO US.
- THE WORD SAYS THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT: LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, AND YOUR BROTHER AS YOURSELF. YES A COMMANDMENT. THIS IS THE LAW OF GRACE!
THE LAW OF LOVE.
- A PERSON CAN BE SAVED, SINS FORGIVEN FOREVER, PLACED INTO THE KINGDOM (IN JESUS), AND HAVE
JESUS CHRIST INSIDE AND STILL BE THE SAME AS DEAD BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW HE IS
THERE.
- NOR DO THEY BELIEVE THEIR FUTURE SINS ARE FORGIVEN.
DON’T KNOW WHY ITS SO HARD. JESUS DIED 2000 YEARS AGO FOR ALL
OUR SINS. WHICH OF OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN? WHEN CHRIST DIED FOR ALL OUR SINS, ALL OF
OUR SINS ARE/WERE IN HIS FUTURE.
IF THIS INFORMATION IS NOT EXCITING FOR YOU, YOU ARE DEAD AND HAVE NEED OF A RESURRECTION...
AND, JESUS HAS DONE THAT.
*song: In times like these I need a savior, in times like
these I need an anchor. I’m very sure, I’m very sure, my anchor holds, and
holds the solid rock. That rock is Jesus.
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