The Word of the Kingdom - Love
I don’t wish to sound like a broken record (Skipping CD) but I am far from being done with talking about the Kingdom. This week I am excited to speak about a wonderful subject, LOVE! The Kingdom of God has fruit, the fruit of the Kingdom is the fruit of the Spirit. The greatest of these is Love!
We must start by determining who can really love! And what does Love really mean.
This is an offensive questions for some. Having to face that not everyone can really love!
God has a nature and the very essence of God is Love.
1 John 4:7-8
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT ONLY CHRISTIANS CAN TRULY LOVE AND THOSE WHO DO NOT LOVE ARE NOT CHRISTIANS? YES & NO
Love is translated many different words in the Bible, We have to know what Love we are speaking of and what the context is, before we can answer this correctly.
You must be born again (born of God/His Spirit) to ever really possess a true agape love. I say that and hope you understand that because you have prayed the sinners prayer does not mean you are one who produces the God kind of Love at all times but you should and have complete access to agape love. In understanding Phileo Love, you must know that it comes from agape loves and is often mistaken for the out flow that is from God.
Non Christians can love, but not with a true God kind of Love until the are born of God!
UNDERSTANDING LOVES:
There are many kinds of loves, three main kinds of loves:
-Agape/agapeo = The God kind of Love - Christian Love - Self sacrifice to the point of death. The most often used for love in the bible. The kind of love where others matter more than ones comfort and even life. Completely selfless love.
-Phileo = Brotherly love, Care and human kindness. Natural love that is effected my human nature, human kindness. This is not agape love but is derived from it. We are not called to have this kind of love alone. We have agape love which is far better.
-Eros = gratification, of a sexual nature / strong desire. Derived out of what feels good. This is not evil in nature but has a tendency to be selfish without one possessing agape love.
This word come from the word Love (they come from Phileo word for Love):
-philanthropia = is a love for money. 1 Tim 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many grief's.
This word comes from Eros type of Love:
-thelo, "to wish," is translated "love" (RV, "desire"). Mark 12:38
Agape Love is found in the Kingdom of God. The Cross of Jesus (His death and resurrection) gives us access to the Kingdom of God. Love is a fruit we find growing in the Kingdom. As Christians we must live, enter in and eat in the Kingdom so we can love the way we are suppose to.
Read this scripture with this understanding and it is much more understand able! These words love are all translated/defined as Agape Love!
1 John 4:7-21
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. NKJV
Enter the Kingdom daily(at all times) and eat of Gods Love so you can love like God! Much more tomorrow, Pastor Aaron
Current family and ministry updates! Yesterday was a wonderful day. I began the day with dropping off the kids at their schools. Then off to meet with our ministry staff to pray. We had a great time of prayer.
Pastor Jon needs all our prayer because he has been struggling with an extreme rash. The Doctor says it’s viral and I say it has no place in Jon’s life. So lets stand together that is dissipates immediately. After our prayer time, we had a short staff meeting about our food distribution for this week, Decatur AL Masters Commissions ministering with us starting Friday, our Friday fundraiser and a few other things. The rest of my day was spent in the office trying to get caught up. God was amazing on every level.
I was honored to meet a Lady who has started coming to Crossfire Family Worship Center in just the last month. She came in and we talked for quite a while. She has taken in her nephew who lost his mother and brother in a fire last year. She began to share about her life and testimony of Gods grace. She was very involved in ministry for many years but then found herself hurt and rejected. God has drawn her back and she loves our Church. As a pastor I love to hear that. She told me the best complement that our church can have. She said when she came in everyone was nice but what really hit her was that the presence of God was so obvious. I just love to hear that. I am so thankful and honored by Gods presence in our meetings. Lets keep humble and hungry for God abiding with us when we come together in His manifest presence.
I spent the evening with my family. I am thankful to God, he is very good to me. One huge, praise the Lord, is that I was able to get most of my data off of my crashed hard drive. I now have most of my information retrieved and now I have a back up system.
Praise be to Jesus. I believe that God knew how much I could handle and losing all of my work for the last year, must not have been something I could handle. Ha Ha!
Lets live in the Kingdom being led by God’s Spirit, today and everyday. Love and bless as many people as you can on this day that the Lord has made for you. Rejoice and be glad!
We must start by determining who can really love! And what does Love really mean.
This is an offensive questions for some. Having to face that not everyone can really love!
God has a nature and the very essence of God is Love.
1 John 4:7-8
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT ONLY CHRISTIANS CAN TRULY LOVE AND THOSE WHO DO NOT LOVE ARE NOT CHRISTIANS? YES & NO
Love is translated many different words in the Bible, We have to know what Love we are speaking of and what the context is, before we can answer this correctly.
You must be born again (born of God/His Spirit) to ever really possess a true agape love. I say that and hope you understand that because you have prayed the sinners prayer does not mean you are one who produces the God kind of Love at all times but you should and have complete access to agape love. In understanding Phileo Love, you must know that it comes from agape loves and is often mistaken for the out flow that is from God.
Non Christians can love, but not with a true God kind of Love until the are born of God!
UNDERSTANDING LOVES:
There are many kinds of loves, three main kinds of loves:
-Agape/agapeo = The God kind of Love - Christian Love - Self sacrifice to the point of death. The most often used for love in the bible. The kind of love where others matter more than ones comfort and even life. Completely selfless love.
-Phileo = Brotherly love, Care and human kindness. Natural love that is effected my human nature, human kindness. This is not agape love but is derived from it. We are not called to have this kind of love alone. We have agape love which is far better.
-Eros = gratification, of a sexual nature / strong desire. Derived out of what feels good. This is not evil in nature but has a tendency to be selfish without one possessing agape love.
This word come from the word Love (they come from Phileo word for Love):
-philanthropia = is a love for money. 1 Tim 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many grief's.
This word comes from Eros type of Love:
-thelo, "to wish," is translated "love" (RV, "desire"). Mark 12:38
Agape Love is found in the Kingdom of God. The Cross of Jesus (His death and resurrection) gives us access to the Kingdom of God. Love is a fruit we find growing in the Kingdom. As Christians we must live, enter in and eat in the Kingdom so we can love the way we are suppose to.
Read this scripture with this understanding and it is much more understand able! These words love are all translated/defined as Agape Love!
1 John 4:7-21
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us. 20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. NKJV
Enter the Kingdom daily(at all times) and eat of Gods Love so you can love like God! Much more tomorrow, Pastor Aaron
Current family and ministry updates! Yesterday was a wonderful day. I began the day with dropping off the kids at their schools. Then off to meet with our ministry staff to pray. We had a great time of prayer.
Pastor Jon needs all our prayer because he has been struggling with an extreme rash. The Doctor says it’s viral and I say it has no place in Jon’s life. So lets stand together that is dissipates immediately. After our prayer time, we had a short staff meeting about our food distribution for this week, Decatur AL Masters Commissions ministering with us starting Friday, our Friday fundraiser and a few other things. The rest of my day was spent in the office trying to get caught up. God was amazing on every level.
I was honored to meet a Lady who has started coming to Crossfire Family Worship Center in just the last month. She came in and we talked for quite a while. She has taken in her nephew who lost his mother and brother in a fire last year. She began to share about her life and testimony of Gods grace. She was very involved in ministry for many years but then found herself hurt and rejected. God has drawn her back and she loves our Church. As a pastor I love to hear that. She told me the best complement that our church can have. She said when she came in everyone was nice but what really hit her was that the presence of God was so obvious. I just love to hear that. I am so thankful and honored by Gods presence in our meetings. Lets keep humble and hungry for God abiding with us when we come together in His manifest presence.
I spent the evening with my family. I am thankful to God, he is very good to me. One huge, praise the Lord, is that I was able to get most of my data off of my crashed hard drive. I now have most of my information retrieved and now I have a back up system.
Praise be to Jesus. I believe that God knew how much I could handle and losing all of my work for the last year, must not have been something I could handle. Ha Ha!
Lets live in the Kingdom being led by God’s Spirit, today and everyday. Love and bless as many people as you can on this day that the Lord has made for you. Rejoice and be glad!
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