As Christ disciples we are to be a example to christens and non- believers. It’s so important to show love to people Christ love. People want what they don’t have, when people love each other right where they are with know strings attached to the unbeliever, that doesn’t make sense. That doesn’t mean that you have to love the sin but you need to love the sinner, Christ did. This opens the door to the unbeliever. Because ever thing in this world is conditional so to have someone love you unconditionally makes you realize that person has something that you don’t and you start to long for that.
Love
Matt 5:43-44 “You have heard that it was said, ‘you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ but I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.”
Prov 10:12
“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.”
Mark 12:29-31
Jesus answered him, “the first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, o Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this:’ You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The Lord wants us to love and it says pray for your enemies and people who persecute you. Jesus knows that first hand while we nailed him to the cross for are sins and tried to brutally destroy him he said father forgive them they do not know what they do. Now that is true love. So we need to keep that in mind when we are dealing with other people and learn to love the way Christ did.
Secondly are we being living sacrifices? If we are it will be easy to love.
Romans 12:1-2 “There for, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to god-this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
God doesn’t want us to stay in the same pattern we were in. He wants us to be a living sacrifice for him open to him so we can reach people. The only way to do that is having something that offers something that the world doesn’t have witch is Christ. But if we say to them I have something to offer you. And where doing the same things they are or acting harsh toward one another there going to ask them self’s what’s the difference from other people who aren’t claming Christ and them who are.
We have to be a good example so people will want what we have and the only way to do that is to stay close to Christ focus on his ways. Are ways get us in trouble and edify the flesh witch is selfishness. But Gods ways are strait and narrow and will bring us life. We need to truly love people the way Christ loved them it not about us it’s about Christ and we need to show that to others. That’s why were here to get saved study his word then be disciples and get them saved and make more disciples.
By: Lori Ulman
