Fundamentals of Christianity 3
We can take comfort in knowing that in spite of our human side, Jesus loves us in our sin. That’s why He sacrificed Himself – to save us from that state:
Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call [to repentance] the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to change], but sinners [those who recognize their sin and actively seek forgiveness].” Mt. 9:13 AMP
God loves us in spite of our shortcomings. He will still use us for His purposes in spite of the imperfections of our flesh.
Knowing that we have such a compassionate God who loves us as we are and sees the true goodness we embody, we can quit judging ourselves and we do our best to journey in God’s direction, concentrating on what God is achieving in us when we present our willing spirit.
In that light, we can better express our love for everyone around us, knowing that they suffer the same inward battles as well – especially nowadays when we all are being assaulted by political posturing, hard biased mass media and politically correct tyrants of one-sided ideas. These same satanic attacks are being perpetrated against the Church globally as well.
As followers of Christ, we are called to rise above the status quo, to prepare ourselves for the transformation that God will work in us, by pursing Him and being obedience to His word – tossing any contradictory worldly teachings aside:
And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit. 2 Co. 3:18 AMP
And yet, we don’t want to persecute ourselves for our human side. It is a gift from God, bestowed upon us to house our spirit, and to move us through this life, carrying out His purpose in love.
We make mistakes in our earth suit. That’s where confession and repentance come in – accepting the love of God in His forgiveness and giving ourselves the same. God grants us the freedom to go forward in life without being stuck in our past. We are His children being perfected, not some waste dump of the errors of our history.
We have all been ‘fractured’ by our past, but God makes us whole again. As long as we are doing our best to live out God’s purpose, we can depend upon Him for everything:
Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.
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Delight yourself in the Lord,
And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.
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Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in Him also and He will do it.
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He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,
And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].
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Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
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Cease from anger and abandon wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evil.
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For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land. Ps. 37:3-9. AMP
The very fact that God placed you on this earth for His purposes (and they are always about love) should motivate and inspire you. When you grab a hold of the fact that (if you invite Him) God has placed Himself within you, there will be no place where hopelessness can live.
No matter what, God loves you and He took dramatic steps to make sure you could know and feel that:
God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 Jn. 4:9, 10. CSB
And if we turn around and love others, the cycle is complete:
No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.
The highest way we love one another is to spread the message of God’s salvation through Christ, to give them hope in spite of a little bit of their human side…
Goodnight and God bless.