Friday, October 7, 2016

"Due Justice" -Too

"Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked." (Psalms 82:4) Here's a thought: What if the "Oil" is Love? If you don't know now, you will find out soon enough. Looking at this word "rid," it's a lot like the Greek word that we use for Rapture, "Harpazo," with the exception of being snatched away secretly. Odd, but oh so true! Here is the point that I believe the Lord is speaking to my heart about. We that are believers in Christ, we have an obligation, to love as we are loved; if we fail to fulfill this obligation, primarily due to negligence, we are fully aware of the lack we have; in other words, no one needs to inform us that we lack love for others, because we are very much aware of our deficiency. At the Lord's coming, those five foolish virgins knew that they did not have the oil they needed; no one needed to tell them it was so. I think a better way to look at what is being said, is like saying, We are all on the same page, or of the same Spirit; or better yet, we are known! What was Jesus said to the five foolish virgins, He said, "I never knew you." Just because I might be a 'Believer' in Christ, does not necessarily guarantee that He knows me; not if we don't both share the same love! I might see love in a whole different way than Jesus does, thinking it's more about good intentions or hoping to do better some day. But in the real form of the love Jesus is all about, it's about sacrifice; which means that it is spontaneous and uninhibited. In other words, it does not make a plan to act, it just acts! More than that, Love is a Language! You either speak the same language as the Lord or you don't! And, by the way, a liar is not called a liar unless the knew the truth and did not speak the truth; FYI...
"We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first. If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters." (1 John 4:16-21) NLT

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