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Love demonstrates the character of God
.
Jesus introduced
a new paradigm with His statement about loving your enemies. It was this: Love
overcomes hatred. He said that they would eventually be the winners in every
conflict between good and evil. Love demonstrates the character of God. Love
extends God’s influence wherever it is applied. Love cannot be overcome by
hatred, violence, fear, or a thousand other pathologies that were unleashed on
the earth as a result of sin. As long as we live, behave, and speak in
accordance with God’s love, we cannot fail. You will overcome — because love
never fails.
Rod Parsley
“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, that you may be sons of your Father who is in
heaven.”
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Matthew 5:43-45
It was this: Love
overcomes hatred.
He did not say
that someone who loves their enemies would never be misunderstood or
mistreated; He said that they would eventually be the winners in every conflict
between good and evil.
Love demonstrates
the character of God.
Love extends
God’s influence wherever it is applied.
Love cannot be
overcome by hatred, violence, fear, or a thousand other pathologies that were
unleashed on the earth as a result of sin.
1
Corinthians 13:4-8 says, “Love suffers
long and is kind; love envies not; love flaunts not itself and is not puffed
up, does not behave itself improperly, seeks not its own, is not easily
provoked, thinks no evil; rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all
things. Love never fails.”
What this says to
me is that as long as we live, behave, and speak in accordance with God’s love,
we cannot fail.
The next time you
find yourself in a crisis, instead of yielding to fear and panic, engage in
some self-evaluation.
If you are not,
make the necessary changes.
If you are, you
will overcome — because love never fails.
Lord Jesus, thank you for helping me
love my enemies by your Spirit for I know your love overcomes all evil.
Help me demonstrate your character
to a world in need of your grace, and guide me into your truth and victory.
Amen!
Further
Reading
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
1 Corinthians 13:13
Psalm 37:29
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