LOVE: AN ANTIDOTE FOR
DEATH –
Tuesday December 6th 2016
Memorise: We know that we have
passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not
his brother abideth in death. 1st John 3:14
Read: 1st John
3:9-11 (KJV)
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the
children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither
he that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning,
that we should love one another.
Bible in one year: Exodus
22:16-24:18, Psalms 118
MESSAGE
The
first attribute that becomes noticeable in a genuinely born-again child of God
is the love for God and humanity. Every converted and renewed child of God
operates under the control of the Holy Spirit, he is fully aware of new spiritual
experiences and desires, as the Holy Spirit kick-starts the work of character
restoration in him. A loving relationship between a Christian and Jesus
therefore provides the most credible evidence of the grace of God at work in
the life of a believer. God. Open Heaven Tuesday 6 December 2016:- Love: an
antidote of death
We
all know that true lovers always enjoy each other’s company and fellowship.
When one lover has an opportunity to spend time with the other, and for any
reason misses that opportunity, he becomes sad. God loves to fellowship with
man and this has been so from the very beginning. God created man to fellowship
with Him; this is the major reason why He created us in His image. He enjoyed
coming to meet and fellowship with Adam in the cool of the day. How He
cherished it! It became a daily appointment which He never missed. Then imagine
His disappointment when He came one day and Adam was nowhere to be found. After
that, God needed another person continue from where Adam had stopped. He kept
searching until He found Enoch. Genesis 5:24 says:
“And Enoch walked with God; and
he was not; for God took him.”
Enoch
walked with God for at least 300 years! The fellowship was so intense that
death could not touch him. God had to call him to glory to continue the
fellowship there. The reverse is the case for anyone that hates God. Proverbs 8:36
says:
“But he that sinneth against me
wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.”
Indeed,
love is an antidote for death, if you truly love God and obey His commandments,
death will be far away from you. [Open Heavens Devotional 2016] Do you love God? Do you have a regular time to
fellowship with God? Some believers do not have a standing altar of fellowship
with God as a family. This is wrong; God wants to be intimate with you. Open
yourself and your whole household to God, and create time for regular
fellowship with Him today.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me to love
You with all my heart, soul and spirit in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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