"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in Him, and He in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world." 1 John 4:15-17
"Therefore there is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." 1 John 4:18
"No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us." 1 John 4:12
I am always so thankful when I read what our Father had John write, “as He is,” and I always want to talk about it. The glory of what our Father has given us is so awesome and it has been given to every one of us who truly have been chosen and empowered to confesses Jesus Christ as Lord! But before we talk about being as God is, let’s talk about us dwelling in love and loving one another as God loves us. I heard it preached years ago that God doesn’t just have love, but that He is love, 1 John 4:16 Our Father cannot help but be what He is and He is love!
"Therefore there is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." 1 John 4:18
"No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us." 1 John 4:12
I am always so thankful when I read what our Father had John write, “as He is,” and I always want to talk about it. The glory of what our Father has given us is so awesome and it has been given to every one of us who truly have been chosen and empowered to confesses Jesus Christ as Lord! But before we talk about being as God is, let’s talk about us dwelling in love and loving one another as God loves us. I heard it preached years ago that God doesn’t just have love, but that He is love, 1 John 4:16 Our Father cannot help but be what He is and He is love!
“Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.” 2 Corinthians 13:11 The God of love, the God Who is love, and the God Who we are born of allows us to be perfect as we live in His peace with one mind and in good comfort! We are born of God and He is love, so we are born of love. We are now one with God, Who is love, so we now abide in love and we are now sealed in love. We are born again of God’s perfect love and that perfect love casts out all fear from us. Our Father's perfect love allows us to be one with each other and one with Him, with one heart, one mind, and one accord, just as God and Jesus are One. We are one in God, so that the world will believe! God is not divided and in Him we are a unified house. We are a house that has been built upon the solid rock of Jesus Christ!
Jesus prayed in John 17:26 that the love of God would dwell in us. In John 15:26 Jesus said that we would have the Spirit of Love teaching us all things, interceding for us, comforting us, and strengthening us. Praise God we are born of Love and Love has called us. We have been chosen by Love, Love has justified us, and Love has glorified us! And what can we say to all of this, if Love is for us, who can be against us! We are now more than conquerors through Love, and greater is the Love that is within us, than anything that is in the world! We can do all things through God’s love that strengthens us! When we said yes to Jesus and made Him our Lord and our Savior, we were born again of Love, not of corruptible love, but of incorruptible! Today is the day that Love has made and He has left His joy within us so that we may rejoice and be glad in it! We are now members of Love’s body! “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” Ephesians 5:30
The Word of God clearly proclaims that we dwell in Love and that God dwells in us, and since God now dwells within us, our love is made perfect. “.. God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us." 1 John 4:12 Our love is not perfected because of our own actions, it’s perfected because God is in us. People who love, who love perfectly, don’t get there by practice; they get there by God abiding in them, the Light driving out the darkness. We are strong to love by the power of our Father's might that is within us! We can love because Jesus is in us causing us to love! We can love because we are born of love; the same love that bore Jesus has bore us!
Since we now have perfect love, because God dwells within us, we now have boldness. We have boldness to stand in the Day of Judgment. We now have boldness to approach God’s Throne of Grace in time of need. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 We know the Truth that has set us free. We know that our Father will never leave us or forsake us, never! Through the power of Christ we have boldness and confidence that through Him we have passed from wrath unto righteousness!
Now here is the great part, since we now abide in our Father's love, we know beyond any shadow of a doubt that God now dwells within us, and that gives us boldness to serve God just as Jesus serves God. “For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:10-11 “He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.” 1 John 2:6
Jesus prayed in John 17:26 that the love of God would dwell in us. In John 15:26 Jesus said that we would have the Spirit of Love teaching us all things, interceding for us, comforting us, and strengthening us. Praise God we are born of Love and Love has called us. We have been chosen by Love, Love has justified us, and Love has glorified us! And what can we say to all of this, if Love is for us, who can be against us! We are now more than conquerors through Love, and greater is the Love that is within us, than anything that is in the world! We can do all things through God’s love that strengthens us! When we said yes to Jesus and made Him our Lord and our Savior, we were born again of Love, not of corruptible love, but of incorruptible! Today is the day that Love has made and He has left His joy within us so that we may rejoice and be glad in it! We are now members of Love’s body! “For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” Ephesians 5:30
The Word of God clearly proclaims that we dwell in Love and that God dwells in us, and since God now dwells within us, our love is made perfect. “.. God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us." 1 John 4:12 Our love is not perfected because of our own actions, it’s perfected because God is in us. People who love, who love perfectly, don’t get there by practice; they get there by God abiding in them, the Light driving out the darkness. We are strong to love by the power of our Father's might that is within us! We can love because Jesus is in us causing us to love! We can love because we are born of love; the same love that bore Jesus has bore us!
Since we now have perfect love, because God dwells within us, we now have boldness. We have boldness to stand in the Day of Judgment. We now have boldness to approach God’s Throne of Grace in time of need. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 We know the Truth that has set us free. We know that our Father will never leave us or forsake us, never! Through the power of Christ we have boldness and confidence that through Him we have passed from wrath unto righteousness!
Now here is the great part, since we now abide in our Father's love, we know beyond any shadow of a doubt that God now dwells within us, and that gives us boldness to serve God just as Jesus serves God. “For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:10-11 “He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.” 1 John 2:6
Our Father takes our service to the extreme limits, He is God, and as He is, so are we in this world! Bam! Talk about being bold. I know I have preached on this already, but do you see what this means? As God is so are we in this world, He is love, He is lay down your life love. He is never leave us or forsake us love. Love is the key, love unlocks it all, and we are just like God in love. People preach that we need to love all of the time, but I have never heard it preached like this, that in God we can’t help but love! We are born of love and our love is just like God’s love, because our love is now God’s love. His love now abides within us, never leaving us or forsaking us! Through Christ we know the depth, the length, the height, and the width of God’s love! Faith comes from hearing this Truth that passes knowledge and hearing comes from the Word of God. How shall they hear without a preacher? Man we need to preach this so that we can be set free and walk in the fullness and power of our Salvation!
Jesus I pray that You will use us and allow all of us to understand completely what God is telling us here. Jesus allow us to understand that we can’t help but love, because we are now one with God, Who is love! It’s who we are, and Father in Jesus’ Name allow the church to realize this and not be offended, that we should and can be love, just as You are Love, no difference, because it is You in us! No more fake reverence, we can and should be just like You Father. Allow us to honor and serve You Father by causing us to be just like You, in thought, action, and in deed. Allow us to be used by You to see as You see Father, think as You think, walk as You walk, serve as You serve, and be as You are, even when we are in this earth! Father I pray for boldness for Your church to accept all that You have provided for us through Jesus our Lord and Savior. Father Your will be done through us on this earth as Your will is done in Heaven, A-men!
Jesus I pray that You will use us and allow all of us to understand completely what God is telling us here. Jesus allow us to understand that we can’t help but love, because we are now one with God, Who is love! It’s who we are, and Father in Jesus’ Name allow the church to realize this and not be offended, that we should and can be love, just as You are Love, no difference, because it is You in us! No more fake reverence, we can and should be just like You Father. Allow us to honor and serve You Father by causing us to be just like You, in thought, action, and in deed. Allow us to be used by You to see as You see Father, think as You think, walk as You walk, serve as You serve, and be as You are, even when we are in this earth! Father I pray for boldness for Your church to accept all that You have provided for us through Jesus our Lord and Savior. Father Your will be done through us on this earth as Your will is done in Heaven, A-men!
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