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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