Love Fulfilled Ministry

If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, according to the day, and follow me. * We see what it means to take up our cross, it is to deny our self. Is this concept important for Christian life? Yes, "whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it." *  We must lose our life, to be worthy of following Jesus. But what life do we lose? This is where we lose our old self if we hang on to it we are deceived, "the thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly." *   We must lose our old life to find true life in Christ. No one Jesus said who does this will be ashamed of ever doing it, no matter the cost, and will have abundant life. Jesus said if brotherly love and family love is greater than loving him we are not worthy to follow him. *  Unbelieving...

Blessed is the man who endures testing, for that he becomes proven receiving the crown of Life that promised those loving him. *   Being proven is how a young person becomes a man, think of it as a rite to manhood or maturity within the Kingdom Of God. The process of proving includes testing, or refining, Jesus being the refiners fire and the fullers soap. This process is called perfection, it's purpose is that we become to like Christ, to the full measure of the stature of Christ, which is the end goal of the Church, a pure bride, reaching perfection. The process is perfecting, that we are proven mature, and the outcome is Life, receiving the crown of Life. There is a way unto Life. you have the words of eternal life and we believe and know that you are the Holy One of God. *   Before we look more at proving to receive the crown of life it is important to know how to obtain Life. How does one obtain eternal Life? One must believe as Peter, " you have t...

Whom, existing from the beginning, whom we heard, whom we saw with our eyes, whom we looked upon, and our hands have touch , concerning the Word of Life, this Life we bring to Light, and behold and witness and proclaiming to you the Eternal Life, that existed with the Father and which is brought to Light to us. Whom seen and heard proclaiming also to you that you too might have fellowship with us and indeed the fellowship of ours, together with the Father and with the One Son Jesus Christ. These things we are writing that your joy may be complete . ^ It is an amazing thing that "whom existing from the beginning," He came to earth and they heard His words, saw with their eyes, they looked upon Him, and their hands touched the Word of Life, whom, was in the beginning. "In the beginning existed the Word and the Word existed with the One God and the Word existed God ." ^   They heard, saw and touched the Word of Life, who was in the beginning. "He existed ...