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UNDERSTANDING OUR JOURNEY
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*LOVING AND FORGIVING OTHERS – PART 1*
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*JUNE 8TH, 2003*
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LIFE IS FULL OF DEDUCTIONS - - - NOT OF THE IRS VARIETY……BUT CONCLUSIONS WE COME TO ON THE BASIS OF LITTLE DETAILS WE SPOT IN PEOPLE AND THINGS AROUND US!!!
WHEN WE NOTICE THE DROOPY ……HALF-MAST EYES OF A THREE YEAR OLD…..EVEN IN THE MIDST OF HIS OR HER PLAYING…..
WE KNOW IT’S TIME FOR A NAP!!!
IN THE EARLY SPRING…….A FLOCK OF GEESE HEADING NORTH……..GIVES US HOPE FOR HOTTER DAYS IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE….
A PHOTO OF A DARK-EYED WOMAN IN A GRASS SKIRT WAS PROBABLY NOT…….(WE
WOULD GUESS) SNAPPED IN ICELAND!!!
BASED ON NO MORE THAN THE COLORS OF THEIR CLOTHES……..WE KNOW WHETHER THE GUYS A FEW SEATS AWAY FROM US WILL ROOT WITH US….OR AGAINST US AND OUR TEAM!!!
WE CAN TELL A LOT FROM A LITTLE!!!
AND WE COMMUNICATE VOLUMES WITH THE SMALLEST SNATCHES OF WORDS AND ACTIONS!!
THAT EXPLAINS WHY MOST RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD ASK THEIR DEVOTEES TO EXPRESS THEIR PIETY IN LITTLE WAYS THAT SET THEM APART FROM EVERYONE ELSE!!!
IT COULD BE A RITUAL LIKE DAILY PRAYER…………….OR A PILGRIMAGE TO A HOLY SITE…..
OR AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING…….SUCH AS A TURBAN…..OR A COLLAR
OTHER RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES TAKE THE FORM OF A BODILY EMBLEM LIKE A SPOT OF ASH…..
OR A TATTOO…..
OR OF A STRICT DIETARY LIMITATION…..
AVOIDING MEAT OR FASTING FOR DESIGNATED PERIODS!!!
WITHIN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES…….THE MORE ADVANCED AND DEVOTED ADHERENTS ARE GIVEN SPECIAL SIGNIFICATIONS LIKE TITLES…..
VESTMENTS…
OR PRIVILEGES….
BUT SOMETHING THAT SAYS TO ALL AROUND ………
“HERE IS A TRULY SPIRITUAL PERSON………ASK THIS ONE FOR WISDOM”
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITES AND SYMBOLS EXHIBITED BY A GOD’S FOLLOWERS DO MORE THAN JUST IDENTIFY PEOPLE WITH THEIR GOD!!!
THE RELIGIOUS EXERCISES ALSO DECLARE SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURE OF THAT GOD IN TERMS OF WHICH ATTRIBUTES IT PRIZES MOST HIGHLY!!!!
SINCE A GOD CAN ASK ANYTHING OF ITS DEVOTEES………WHAT IT WANTS OF THEM AND HOW IT WNTS THEM IDENTIFIED ARE CLUES TO WHAT THE GOD IS REALLY LIKE!!! \\ \\
GENERALLY SPEAKING……….WHAT IS MOST TRUE OF A GOD……….IS WHAT THE GOD LONGS TO HAVE BE MOST TRUE OF ITS FOLLOWERS!!!
THOSE GOD’S DECLARE….”YOU
SHALL BE LIKE ME”
SO………….WHAT MARKS A BELEIVER IN JESUS CHRIST?
WHAT ARE THE TELLTALE SIGNALS ALERTING EVERYONE AROUND US TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SURRENDERED OUR LIFE TO HIM????
IS IT AN ARTICLE WE PUT ON ……LIKE A CROSS?
AN ITEM WE CARRY WITH US WHEREVER WE GO???
LIKE MAYBE OUR BIBLE???
HOW ABOUT THE REGULAR EXERCISE …..OF SAY…………….ATTENDING CHURCH EACH WEEK?
OR MAYBE IT’S THAT PEOPLE AROUND US WILL EQUATE OUR ‘BEING GODLY’ WITH OUR BEING ‘MORALLY GOOD”
HOW WILL ANYONE EXCEPT OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY KNOW THAT WE ARE DISCIPLES OF JESUS???
WHAT IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL ATTRIBUTE THAT COMMUNICATES NOT JUST THE REALITY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM……BUT ALSO WHAT IS MOST TRUE OF HIM!!!!
WELL I’M GLAD YOU ASKED…
BEC ONE DAY….JESUS……GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON……GAVE HIS FOLLOWERS A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION!!!
IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES HE SAID…..”LOVE ONE ANOTHER JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU” (JOHN 15:12)
AND IN JOHN 13:35 HE SAID….”BY
THIS ALL MEN WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES….IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER”!!!
NOT VERY SURPRISING THAT HE WANTS US TO BE DISTINQUISHED BY EXACTLY THE SAME QUALITY THAT MOST CHARACTERIZES GOD HIMSELF!!!!
WE HAVE ALREADY LEARNED THAT *GOD IS LOVE*…….AND THAT LOVE IS THE KEY TO ALL HIS THOUGHTS AND WORDS AND ACTIONS THROUGHOUT ALL TIME!!!
HE IS THE ORIGINATOR OF LOVE……..
BIBLE SAYS…THAT ‘LOVE IS FROM GOD’
HE HAS SET HIS LOVE AND AFFECTIONS ON US….AND HE WNTS US TO COMMUNICATE THAT SAME ACTION TOWARD OTHERS!!!
SINCE LOVE IS GOD’S MOST PROMINENT FEATURE……..HIS CHILDREN …
HIS FOLLOWERS WILL BEAR THAT RESEMBLANCE TO HIM!!!!
JESUS EXPLAINED TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT THE LOVE WITH WHICH HE CHERISHED THEM WAS A PERFECT COPY OF THE LOVE HE HAD FRIST RECEIVED FROM HIS FATHER!!!
YOUR IN JOHN 15…..SO LOOK AT VERSE 9 /JUST AS THE FATHER HAS LOVE ME……I HAVE ALSO LOVE YOU………SOSOSOSOSOS…….ABIDE IN MY LOVE”/
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HE WAS LIKE HIS FATHER IN ALL WAYS…
HE MANIFESTED THE GLORY….THE RADIANCE OF GOD…..SO THAT IN SEEING JESUS…….PEOPLE COULD SEE THE FATHER!!!!
(/JOHN 1:14…..AND THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US…AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY….GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN FROM THE FATHER….FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH”)/
THE MIRACLES THAT JESUS PERFORMED….AND THE TEACHING HE SHARED WERE NOT HIS….
THE FATHER ABIDING IN HIM TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND DID THEM THROUGH JESUS!!!
EVEN MORE THOUGH THAN THE MIRACLES OR THE TEACHINGS…
THE PRIMARY REFLECTION OF GOD THROUGH JESUS WAS (AND IS) LOVE!!!!
JESUS LIVED OUT THE VERY PATTERNS OF GRACE, MERCY AND KINDNESS….AND DESRIE FOR RESTORED RELATIONSHIP - - THAT WERE TRUE OF GOD’S LOVE FOR ALL MANKIND!!!!
ON EARTH JESUS REFLECTED THE FATHER’S LOVE AS A MIRROR DUPLICATES THE ONE WHO GAZES INTO IT!!!
THIS SIMPLE TRUTH HAS PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF US WHEN IT COMES TO MANIFESTING THE ONE TRUE MARK OF A BELEIVER - - LOVING OTHERS!!!!
AS WITH ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR LIFE WITH THE LORD…..HE DOES FOR US WHAT WE CANNOT DO ON OUR OWN!!! \\ \\
EVEN HIS COMMANDMENT FOR US TO LOVE OTHERS IS FULFILLED BY HIS GRACE DOING THE WORK!!!
GOD WANTS TO SHINE THROUGH US…
HE SIMPLY WANTS US TO HOLD THE MIRROR OF OUR LIFE UP TO HIM SO THAT IT ANLES A CLEAR RELECTION OF HIS LOVE TO EVERYONE AROUND US!!!
WHEN WE ‘SEE’ SOMEONE IN THE MORROR…..IT JUST MEANS THAT THE MIRROR IS ANGLED PROPERLY TO RETURN HIS OR HER REFLECTION!!!
MIRRORS ARE NOT PICTURES - - - THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF PROJECTING AN IMAGE OF THEIR OWN!!!
SO …..ONE OF THE FIRST SECRETS WE LEARN ABOUT LOVING OTHERS ‘LIKE’ JESUS FIRST LOVED US…..IS TO DO EXACTLY THAT - - - -
IMITATE THE MANNER AND WAYS OF HIS LOVE!!!!
IT IS NOT AS THOUGH WE HAVE TO MUSTER THE CAPACITY TO LOVE OTHERS FROM WITHIN OURSELVES!!!
RATHER…..JUST AS GOD LOVES US…..SO WE (SHOULD) LOVE OTHERS……
OR TO PUT IT ON MORE PRACTICAL TERMS……
HOW WE LOVE OTHERS WILL BE A TRUE REFLECTION OF WHAT WE CLAIM TO KNOW ABOUT THE COMFORTING AND HOPE-GIVING LOVE FROM GOD!!!
BEING RECIPITENTS OF JESUS’ LOVE …..SURROUNDED ALWAYS BY HIS FAVOR AND DELIGHT…..GIVES US HOPE FOR BEING ABLE TO LOVE OTHERS
(NOW……WE MIGHT NEED TO STOP THERE FOR A SECOND……AND RE-AFFIRM THAT GOD DOES LOVE YOU - - AND TO HAVE YOU EXAMINE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GOD’S LOVE TOWARD YOU)
NOW….
BACK TO THIS LOVING OTHERS THING!!!
ALTHOUGH IT TAKES PRACTICE…..THE PRINCIPLE FOR LOVING OTHERS AS GOD LOVES US IS FAIRLY SIMPLE!!!
WHEN YOU FIND VERSE THAT DESCRIBE ANY ATTRIBUTE OF GOD’S LOVE FOR US…..LIKE THESE THAT FOLLOW………
BEGIN TO ‘DO’ THAT QUALITY TO AND FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU!!!
THINK OF THE ‘DOINGS’ AS FOCUSED STEPS TO FOLLOW!!!
AT THE END OF THE TRAIL YOU WILL HAVE LOVED OTHERS AS JESUS LOVES YOU!!!!
THE PROBLEM IS….
ON OUR OWN WE OFTEN FIND IT DIFFICULT TO LOVE THE PEOPLE AROUND US!!!
PEOPLE GET ON OUR NERVES….
THEY DO FOOLISH AND STUPID AND HURTFUL THINGS……..TO US!!
THEY GET IN OUR WAY…
OR THEY ACT BOORISH….OR SELFISH….OR CLUELESS!!!
WHAT’S MORE…
THEY HAVE TEMPERS…..
AND LUSTS…
AND FEARS…
AND AGENDAS….
AND HURTS!!!
(JUST LIKE US)
THAT IS A VOLATILE COMBINATION -- - - - - -
OTHER’S BAD STUFF…….AND OUR BAD STUFF….DO NOT MIX WELL….
JUST LIKE NITRO AND GLYCERIN DO NOT MIX!!!
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