The most profound and
pivotal evidence of the Christian faith is the believer’s sincere demonstration
of love. In the words of Jesus Christ, “By this all will know that you
are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35, NKJV)
John, the apostle of love, affirms the fact that our relationship with God (and
others) is fulfilled and evaluated through the covenant of love: “Beloved, let
us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God
and knows God. He who does not love does not know God,
for God is love.” (I John 4:7-8, NKJV)
THE
LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST IS THE EPITOME OF DIVINE LOVE. That is, “GOD
WAS IN CHRIST, reconciling the world to Himself…and has [thereafter]
committed to us the word of reconciliation.” (II Corinthians 5:19, NKJV)
When JESUS CHRIST walked
upon the earth, He existed as the spiritual and physical manifestation of the
LOVE OF GOD, inhabiting this mortal plain. His life-long, sacrificial
representation of the LOVE OF GOD forever redeems us from the power and penalty
of sin and death.
JESUS is the supreme
embodiment of divine love. My THEOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF LOVE follows:
LOVE IS THE
CHRIST-ANOINTING – spiritually activated in our thoughts, attitudes, words,
decisions, actions and ministries for the express purpose of transforming
lives, increasing faith, restoring relationships and authenticating witness.
Allow me to explain
this in another way, by taking a trek back to the beginning of time. In
the infancy of human history, we took our first step away from God. Quite
often, Eve is saddled with the blame of first succumbing to satanic deception,
but this line of reasoning puzzles me. After all, God issued His divine
directive to BOTH Adam
and Eve. “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them,
and GOD SAID TO THEM, ‘Be
fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the
fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that
moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:27-28, NKJV)
We don’t know where
Adam was when the serpent stealthily slithered his way into Eden. Perhaps
he was tending to the garden; perhaps he was simply asleep at the switch.
Nevertheless, it is my contention that Satan was able to launch an effective attack
against the matriarch of humanity because the patriarch had left her
alone. At the risk of sounding a bit sexist or chauvinistic, women do
need the covering of men. Likewise, men certainly do need the covering of
women. We are much BETTER
TOGETHER…than apart.
As a matter of fact, a
prime satanic strategy is to ISOLATE
US and (via the entry door of our aloneness and loneliness) to gain
access to OUR THINKING and
to thereby influence our ATTITUDES
AND ACTIONS.
However, there is an
absolutely amazing reservoir of divine power that resides in UNITY and
AGREEMENT. Jesus Christ declared, “where two or three are GATHERED TOGETHER IN MY NAME, I am
there in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20, NKJV) The sage Solomon
stated, “TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE,
because they have a good reward for their labor.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9,
NKJV) Indeed, it is possible for ONE
TO CHASE A THOUSAND, but standing in the unified power of God, TWO SHALL PUT TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT!
(Deuteronomy 32:30)
The foregoing biblical
principles undergird a SPIRITUAL
GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION that literally terrifies Satan and his impish
minions! Unfortunately, far too many of us comprehend and utilize the awesome
spiritual force that is released when we walk together in purpose and
unity. When we fully awaken to realize and actualize THE POWER AND POTENTIAL OF UNITY, a wide array of demonic devices
will be nullified and obliterated within our families and organizations.
Stay tuned…more to come tomorrow.
Sisters and brothers,
be continually blessed and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO
MEET YOUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!
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