LOVE doesn't mean to follow the wrong ways
Paul says in I CORINTHIANS
13 – 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does
not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it
is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love
does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It
always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.8 Love
never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are
tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For
we know in part and we prophesy in part.
JOHN 14:23 Jesus
answered and said unto him, If a man loves me, he will keep my words: and my
Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He
that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not
mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
I don’t claim to know
everything and neither accuse or get upset with others for differing with me in
anything. Bible gives us a message that Our GOD is a GOOD GOD and Good all the
time. Scriptures also tells us that GOD is LOVE.
YESHUA commands us in John chap 13:34 To Love one another and then in I John it is written that He who doesn’t love his brother whom he sees how can he love GOD whom he can’t see. YESHUA encapsulates the whole LAW in two commands LOVE your GOD and LOVE PEOPLE who are created in the image of GOD.
YESHUA commands us in John chap 13:34 To Love one another and then in I John it is written that He who doesn’t love his brother whom he sees how can he love GOD whom he can’t see. YESHUA encapsulates the whole LAW in two commands LOVE your GOD and LOVE PEOPLE who are created in the image of GOD.
Now we need to understand
that when we talk about loving people , we Christians are far behind compared
to non christians. Actually, there are so many non believers who love people more
than us even they love animals. But how are we Christians supposed to be
different.
Yeshua summarized the Law in
two commandments in Matthew 22:37-40
1.
Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and great commandment.
2. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
So as a believer I am
suppose to LOVE GOD which would lead me to HIS WORD, which in turn would take
me to the commandment to LOVE people and now I choose to OBEY and LOVE my neighbor
(everyone).
So far so good. John 3:16
shows us that GOD loves everyone but not everyone receives eternal life. Believing
in the son of GOD is a choice. Now if I say I love everyone so I would follow
their ways also even if there is no eternal life in them, even if they are not
in line with GOD’s WORD, this would be a stupidity for us.
I am suppose to LOVE people,
but not follow their ways or follow their doctrines which are not in line with
GOD’s WORD. You see I can love a pagan worshipper but I am not suppose to
follow his practices. Exodus 23:24 says “Don’t follow their practices”.
Now some simple questions for me.
Do I love Non Christians?
Of course, yes. I love them
with the best of my ability(with the LOVE of GOD in my heart poured by the HOLY
SPIRIT) and ask GOD every day to release more and more love in my heart for them;
however I would never choose to follow their religious practices.
Do I love Catholics? Do I love Christians from different
denominations CSI/CNI/Pentecostal/Brethren?
Of course, yes. I love
catholic people; in fact one of my best friends is catholic. My forefathers
were a part of CNI denomination, my aunties and Uncles are a part of CNI
denomination. My parents and I come from Pentecostal back ground. I Love
everyone but I would rather choose to follow GOD than any made religion or
dogma.
What are you trying to say
Bro. Rahul?
Simple, Let us Stop
following men and their unscriptural dogmas,
start following GOD alone, HIS WORD and the SPIRIT of GOD.
Let us Desire GOD more than
anything else in the world. Let not our Jobs, ambitions or even our family become
our priority. Let GOD alone and HIS WORD be our desire and priority.
Remember Gifts are free but rewards come with hard work.