EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2020.
SUBJECT : THE LAW THAT GOVERNS THE NEW CREATION!
Memory verse: ""If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.” (John 15 vs 10.)
READ: Mark 12 vs 29 - 31; John 13 vs 34 - 35:
Mark 12:29: Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.12:31: And the second, like it, is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”
John 13:34; A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
13:35: By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.
INTIMATION:
The law that governs the new creation is the love law. We are to love one another even as Jesus loved us, and as you love yourself. The love that Jesus emphasizes is love that has no conditions. It’s a self-sacrificing love that extends beyond any conditions of one’s environment, and thus, simply acts out of a selfless attitude of appreciation for all God has done in one’s life in reference to salvation. The importance of that law is embedded in the emphasis that Jesus laid on it. In the passage we read in John, the two verses of about forty words has "love for one another," said three times. In one sentence He said it twice.
Jesus says that Christlike love will show we are His disciples. Do people see petty bickering, jealousy, and division in your church? Or do they know you are Jesus’ followers by your love for one another? Love is more than simply warm feelings. It is an attribute that reveals itself in action. How can we love others as Jesus loves us? By helping when it is not convenient, by giving when it hurts, by devoting energy to others’ welfare rather than our own, by absorbing hurts from others without complaining or fighting back. This kind of loving is hard to do. That is why people notice when you do it and know you are empowered by a supernatural source.
God’s law are not burdensome. They can be reduced to two simple principles: Love God and love others. When you love God completely and care for others as you care for yourself, then you have fulfilled the intent of the Ten Commandments and the other Old Testament laws. According to Jesus, these two commandments summarize all God’s laws. Let them rule your thoughts, decisions, and actions. When you are uncertain about what to do, ask yourself which course of action best demonstrates love for God and love for others.
You cannot work in love without fellowship. To walk in love is to walk in fellowship. To live the love life is to live the fellowship life. It is bringing joy to the heart of the Father. This fellowship life with Him is the sweetest, biggest, and richest thing the world ever knew. Jesus said in John 15 vs 11, "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full." What does joy grow out of? What is the secret? It is in the fellowship or communion with the Father in Christ Jesus. It's the thing that gives joy. When fellowship is broken joy dies. The joy of the Lord is the ultimate requirement of the child of God because there lies his strength (Nehemiah 8 vs 10).
Restoring fellowship is restoring joy; restoring power with God. The richer the fellowship, the deeper one gets into the Word. Deep, rich fellowship means that we go far below the surface in this mine of wealth—the Word. There will be no growth in faith, in grace, in knowledge, nor growth in joy, with broken fellowship. Every person who has lost power with God has lost it through loss of fellowship.
If your faith has been impaired so your prayer life is but a form, it is because fellowship has been broken. If joy has all seeped out, it is because the vessel that held it has been cracked. When your usefulness and testimony has lost its grip and power; it is mere empty words, it is because fellowship has been broken. If you want your testimony to be rich and full, then you must have fellowship that is rich and full. Therefore, love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength, and establish a strong fellowship with Him.
Prayer: Abba Father, endue me with the spirit of love for You and others that I may richly draw from the abundant wealth of new creation in Christ, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.
PRAISE THE LORD!
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