Posted on 09/29/2019 5:09:13 AM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
Oh my dearly beloved, my heart rejoices greatly when I think about my Heavenly Father’s wondrous love towards you and me; sinners saved by His ETERNAL grace and mercy (John 3:16-17, 1 John 3:1-4)! To all of us that know God the Father by means of Jesus Christ our Savior, we are called His sons or children (John 1:12, Rom 8:14-19, 1 John 3:1-3)! Such wondrous truths cannot even begin to be fully comprehended by His redeemed ones (1 Cor. 2:9)! It will take all of FOREVER just to begin to experience and enjoy the PERFECT LOVE of our Heavenly Father!
My dear friends, DO NOT ever limit the will of God the Father for your life here in time, for to do so is to only lie and cheat yourself from the Father’s HIGHEST and BEST (Rom. 8:28-39). DO NOT ever second guess the Father’s love for you, for to do so is the height of foolishness and to be a liar and deceiver unto ourselves (Rom. 8:31-32). DO NOT ever doubt the Father’s wondrous concern and innumerable thoughts toward you, for to do so is to call the Father a liar (Luke 12:6-11). My dear friends, we only will cheat and rob ourselves and then open ourselves up to Satan’s lies and falsehoods when we are unbelieving and unstable in the ALL that the Father has spoken to us in TRUTH. Satan despises with all his being the PERFECT LOVE of Almighty God, which is in PERFECT TRUTH and in RIGHTEOUSNESS (John 8:44). He rebelled against it in the beginning and will continue to be vindictive and full of rage against it FOREVER (Rev. 20:10).
As the Holy Scripture states; “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” The Father LOVES us and we as His children need to let Him do so. The hardest thing for a child of the Father to do is to let God the Father LOVE us. For the LOVE of the Father again seeks only the HIGHEST and BEST for the object (you and me) of His PERFECT LOVE!
The Lord Jesus spoke to those fathers who were sincere and concerned in seeking their children’s well being in a dark and trying day stated these powerful words, “Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” (Matt. 7:9-11)
God’s ETERNAL and PERFECT LOVE transcends the realms of time and ETERNITY. It seeks ONLY our HIGHEST and BEST in RIGHTEOUSNESS for this world and our ETERNAL future. It is the Father’s delight to give us good things! And the majority of those good things that He gives us are NOT material blessings but spiritual blessings and wisdom, heavenly discernment, reality, truth, ETERNAL and Heavenly perception, earthly provisions, good, sound believing friends in the Lord, Divine protection from the evil one, opportunities to bring glory to His WONDROUS Name (1 Cor. 1:30, Phil. 4:19).
May we remember WITH ALL OUR BEING our Heavenly Father and His ETERNAL goodness towards us in a world that despises and hates His Person and RIGHTEOUSNESS (1 John 3:1).
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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Our Bible — explains all we need to know.
How can we reject or neglect such unconditional love? Let us never be like wicked rebels who revel in their hearts against our Almighty Father.
Before the love of God can mean anything, people have to come to the realization of how UNlovable they are as violent rebels towards God.
John 3:16 is NOT the beginning of the gospel.
Romans 1:18-32 is the beginning of the gospel. And it doesn’t mention love.
They both need each other.
They both need each other.
Yes, but don’t put the cart before the horse.
Unless people are convinced of how damned they are, by default, what do they understand they need salvation FROM?
Telling proud, unrepentant sodomites that “God loves them” only confirms them in their sins. They get to AGREE with us on that point, and do nothing else about it.
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