Truth and Love

Happy Sunday!

Dr. Bill Winston continued the series entitled, "The Power of Love".

A Half-Truth will not set you free!  The Bible says in John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free".  Did you get that?  When you know or have an intimate relationship with the truth, the truth you know will MAKE you free!  There is a difference in being set free and made free.  People are set free from all sorts of prisons, but if their minds and actions don't change they can be incarcerated again.  Jesus warned a man he'd healed, “Now you are well; don’t sin as you did before, or something even worse may happen to you.” John 5:14 (Living Bible)

Love always seeks truth.  1 Corinthians 13:4-7 says, "Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out. If you love someone, you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him." (Living Bible)

The truth is God's Word!  The truth is we can win with God's Word!  Our enemy is after the Word.  He knows the we are invincible with the weapons God has given us.  As with any weapon, there is a right way and a wrong way to use that weapon.  You would never try to shot a bullet with a blow gun.  We are responsible for learning about the weapons and using them properly to destroy the works of Satan.  2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, "Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us." (Message)

The Word is always confirmed in my life.  All week I have heard things that are confirmed in the message on Sunday.  This Week, Dr. Leroy Thompson Sr. said..."If you have an Identity Crisis, you will also have an Inheritance Crisis! Because your inheritance is based on your identity!"  Read that again.  Think about it this way.  After a rich man dies, there is a reading of the last will and testament.  The man's children can be identified.  There identity guarantees their inheritance.  I could not walk into the law office with his family and expect to have a portion of the inheritance because of my identity...I am not his child.  It's the same way with the blessings of God.  Jesus died for us to be whole: nothing missing and nothing broken.  Because of my identity in Christ, all things have been provided for me.  Do I have all things? Yes, in the spirit I do!  How can I get those things manifested in the flesh? Great question! Jesus said, "The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him].” John 14:21 (Amplified)  I know what you are thinking.  There are over 600 commands in the Bible, how am I going to keep all of them so God can make himself real to me?  Don't worry!  Don't fret!  God thought of everything! 1 John 5:3 says, "For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey]. (Amplified)  The King James Version says, his commandment are not grievous.  It's easy to obey.  Start right were you are.  

Love and prayers...in obedience, Cynthia