By the way my Peace comes directly from Jesus Himself as a gift! Love might have something to do with that but Iโm sure it must have been His Love for me not me following love itself.
Some things we All know or think we know can actually be lies. Some like to say God helps those who help themselves yet isnโt that a lie?
My dear brother, Omnipotent God can do whatever He chooses. I'm even aware of a non saved person who attended a faith healing mass because he was desperate and was healed of terminal cancer. This flies against many Christian belief for the man wasn't even a Christian. God is in charge. Only His love can bring peace. We have a choice to carry and share His Love but at the end of the day God is in charge, not us!
Love drives our new testament. Love is the most important component in the new testament. If one does not love, they don't know God.
The old testament was a justice system that was build on curses and blessings or better known as the reward and punishment system. However, the new testament is a justice system based on grace, forgiveness, which are components of His love. Jesus became our curse for us..."
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us."
The Father chose a new and better covenant, a better justice system based on altruistic love. The old has been made obsolete. The importance of love can't be overstated. We now obey God through love. We follow His commandments, not because we are positively or negatively motivated by the curses and the blessings but because we love Him. We don't need cheap incentives to keep us in order. The old system says 'If I don't do right I will get punish or if I do this good, I will be rewarded." God forbid we live under the old cursed system. I obey because I love God. He has given me nothing but love.
We are motivated by our love for God. In everything we do, we do it with love:
1 Corinthians 16:14
Let all that you do be done in love.
True Love covers every aspect of God. God is Love. So yes Love has everything to do with it and not just something to do with it brother.
By the way my Peace comes directly from Jesus Himself as a gift!
Yes that's right because Love brings peace!
Colossians 3:12-14
12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And
above all these
put on love, which binds everything together
in perfect harmony.
ABOVE ALL...PUT ON LOVE. IT BINDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER. That is my point. It does not instruct us to hate. Love binds everything together. And finally ...
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
So the opposite is true. If one does not love, then they are
not born of God and does not know God. That can be scary for some. Love is most certainly paramount.
Loving God is key. The new testament revolves around His love and His grace. We did not do anything to deserve this. It's a gift!
However, there's no place for hatred. Loving and hating people cannot coexist in a person. A house divided on itself cannot stand. We must forgive and let love roll. This act will ensure peace.
Nothing but love for you brother.
Chat with later. Work is calling.