It is often said that love, the God kind of love is an action and that is true in the life of a christian we must continually choose to exercise the love of God that has been shed abroad in our hearts.
But when we see and hear that God is love:
That everything he has ever done or said is love, all that the word says that describes the father, or the son and the holy spirit are simply put, are a part of Love. or explanation of love also.
Love is: Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Love is: Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Love is: Jn 1:1 � In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Love is: Jn 17:17 � Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Love is: Ex 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Love is my Father: Ro 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Ga 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Oh you could go on and on about what love is and that is only one small aspect of love.
That you may "Grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the **LOVE OF CHRIST**!" Ephesians 3:18
Ephesians 3:16-19: I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you:rolleyes: with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith {a 100% Free Gift}. And I pray that you being rooted and established in **LOVE**, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the **LOVE OF CHRIST**, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God!"
Jesus promises, "If you:rolleyes: **LOVE** Me *OBEY MY WORDS* and *THEN* We Will make Our Home With You!!" John 14:23
I John 2:3-5: �We know that we have come to know Him **IF** we obey His commands. The man who says, �I know Him,� but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the Truth is not him. But if anyone **OBEYS HIS WORD**, God's **LOVE** is truly made complete in Him!!� And then you will "Grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the **LOVE OF CHRIST**!"
phillipjohn who believes in the Prosperity Gospel states:
"The word of God under the old covenant tells man clearly how to walk with God, and the old covenant is full of examples of those that did just that. From the beginning of the fall the father was always reaching out to man and he made a way that they make walk in the blessing of God, and that way was the word of God and obedience to the word of god always brought the life of God to the believer."
THIS IS TRUE BUT WE ARE **NOW** UNDER THE NEW COVENANT AND THE OLD COVENANT IS **OBSOLETE**!!
The New Covenant is that after you are Born of God with the 100% Free Gift of Faith you will Teach & Obey All the Commands of Jesus & the NT with *LOVE* as Jesus Loved You with the Hope of Countless Unseen Eternal Rewards!! Salvation is a 100% free gift and unseen eternal rewards are 100% earned.
Hebrews 8:8,9,13: God found fault with the people and said: The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a **NEW COVENANT** with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will **NOT** be like the covenant I made with their forefathers.....By calling this covenant **NEW**, He made the first one **OBSOLETE**; and what is **OBSOLETE** and aging will soon disappear.� When all the words of the New Covenant were completed by the Book of Revelation in AD 96.
Hebrew 10:8-10: Jesus said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them although the law required them to be made. The He {Jesus} said. "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He {Jesus} set aside the first {Covenant} to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus ONCE FOR ALL!!
Isaiah 53:5,6: "But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all!!"
In the old covenant God's commandments were only preached to Jews but in the New Covenant Jesus commands us to preach to every nation in the world teaching them to obey *EVERYTHING* Jesus commanded as per Matthew 28:18-20 and everything would also include all of the approximately 400 NT commandments also taught in Acts to Revelation {See 2 Timothy 3-16 to 4:2.}
Deuteronomy 18:17-19: The Lord said to Moses, "I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among your brothers. I will put My words in His mouth, and He will tell them everything I command Him. If anyone does not listen to My words that the Prophet speaks in My Name I Myself will call him to account."
There were 613 OT commandments and Jesus changed many of them including all of the strict Sabbath commands and all of the commands to stone someone for sinning {Jesus says that he who is without sin should cast the first stone} Jesus also eliminated all the strict Levitical dietary laws declaring that all foods are now clean. And Jesus also commanded us not to make any vows or oaths {Matt 5:33-37}on anything Just let your Yes be yes and your no no.
Jesus also eliminated the eye for an eye laws and commanded us to always offer up the other cheek and to love {See Matt 5:38-48} our enemies. And of course Jesus eliminated all sacrifices and offerings for sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Jesus also eliminated the earthly rewards for faithful service and commanded us to sell our possessions and give to the poor and get TREASURES IN HEAVEN and **THEN** to come follow Him!
Luke 12:33,34: Jesus says, �Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted....For where your treasure is there your heart will be also.�
Luke 6:20: Jesus says �Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God!"
I Timothy 6:5-10: There are men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. But godliness with Contentment is great gain....If we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. 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 griefs.�
I John 2:15: "Do not love the world or anything in the world!!"
Matthew 5:19,20: Jesus says, �Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth {THE SEEN}, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves **TREASURES** in Heaven!{THE **UNSEEN**}� Luke 12:33 adds �Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide for yourselves.. a **TREASURE** in heaven {THE **UNSEEN**} that will not be exhausted. For where your **TREASURE** is there your heart will be also!!�
The early saints obeyed this New Covenant as per Acts 2:44,45 "**ALL** the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need." Acts 4:32: "**ALL** the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared *EVERYTHING they had!"
2 Corinthians 6:6-10: As servants of God we commend ourselves in every way; in great endurance, in troubles, hardships and distresses, in beatings, imprisonments; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God...Dying, and yet we live on, beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; **POOR**, yet making many rich, **HAVING NOTHING**{THE SEEN}, and yet **POSSESSING EVERYTHING**!{THE **UNSEEN**!�
Hebrews 11:1,6: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see....And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to God must believe that He exists and that He **REWARDS** those who earnestly seek Him."
The New Covenant commands us to have faith in and eagerly seek **UNSEEN** eternal **REWARDS**.
2 Corinthians 4:18: "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is **UNSEEN**. For what is seen is temporary, but what is **UNSEEN** is **ETERNAL**!!":angel:
I Peter 1:13: "Therefore, prepare your minds for **ACTION**, set your hope **FULLY** on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is **REVEALED**!":applause::angel::peace:
Richard one statement you make and I not ashamed of is that jesus is the Gospel and he is the fullness of prosperity, spiritually, physically, materially and financially.
I am not ashamed of the lord Jesus and his Gospel.
Ro 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
2Co 7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
2Ti 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
However, phillipjohn you should be ashamed of the New age Prosperity Gospel:devil: of Benny Hinn and Joel Osteen which is the exact opposite of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 19:27-30: Peter said to Jesus, "We have left EVERYTHING to follow you! What then will there be for us?"
Jesus said, "I tell you the Truth, at the renewal of all things; when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who followed Me, will also sit on 12 thrones...And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for My sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last {in this life} will be first!"
You will notice that no earthly rewards were mentioned! And there will be plenty of room for 100 houses in the New Jerusalem since it will be over 1377 miles long, wide and high!:applause:
Matthew 5:19,20: Jesus says, �Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth {THE SEEN}, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves:rolleyes: **TREASURES** in Heaven!{THE **UNSEEN**}�
Luke 12:33 adds �Sell your:rolleyes: possessions and give to the poor. Provide for yourselves.. a **TREASURE** in heaven {THE **UNSEEN**} that will not be exhausted. For where your **TREASURE** is there your heart will be also!!�
Matthew 20:20-24: �All these {Commandments} I have kept, the young man said. �What do I still lack?� Jesus answered, �If you want to be perfect, go, sell tour possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. **THEN** come, follow Me.� When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. Then Jesus says, �It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.�
I John 2:3-5: We know that we:rolleyes: have come to know Him {Jesus} **IF** we obey His commands. The man who says, "I know Him," but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the Truth is not in Him. But if anyone obey His Word, God's love is truly made complete in him!!"
The early church followed these commands of Jesus:
Acts 2:44,45: **ALL** the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their:rolleyes: possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need!"
Acts 4:32: "**ALL** the believers were one:rolleyes: in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared **EVERYTHING** they had!"
2 Corinthians 6:6-10: As servants of God we commend ourselves in every way; in great endurance, in troubles, hardships and distresses, in beatings, imprisonments; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God...Dying, and yet we live on, beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; **POOR**, yet making many rich, **HAVING NOTHING**{THE SEEN}, and yet **POSSESSING EVERYTHING**!{THE **UNSEEN**!�
I Timothy 6:5-10: There are men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. But godliness with Contentment is great gain....If we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.:angel: People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. 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 griefs.�
I Peter 1:13: �Therefore, prepare your minds for *ACTION*, and set your hope *FULLY* on the {**UNSEEN**} grace to be given *YOU* when Jesus Christ is *REVEALED*.:applause::angel::peace:
No ! Jesus di not teach the Prosperity Gospel as you call it...Jesus is Prosperity...and I wrote :rolleyes: PJ does not believe in Benny Hinn or Joel Osteen...He believes in Jesus...
Lemme ask ya this Richard/Prophetic...Do you Own a TV with a 13" screen or Bigger ? Plazma maybe ? How about a Computer or better yet a Cell Phone ? Do you Own or Have a House or Apt you live in ? Do you have Food, Fresh Water, Clothing, Shoes, a Bible ?...Well if you answered Yes to Any (1) of these questions...GOD/Jesus/HolySpirit must of Given you some kinda Prosperity...cause a person sure dont deserve any of it according to you...Are you deserving of these necessities ?...Jus asking...xo
Jude You would be a great missionary to the 2 billion people who make less than 2$ a week. If you preached the Satanic Prosperity Gospel to them they would probably eat you for LUNCH!! :eat::eat::eat::eat::buddies::buddies::yay:
There were 2 very poor cannibals eating dinner:eat::eat:. The one:rolleyes: cannibal said,"You know I really do hate Jude who preaches the Prosperity Gospel."
So the other cannibal:rolleyes: said, Well then, Just eat the NOODLES!!":applause::yay:
