Love Fulfilled Ministry

“ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him " (John 3:16-17). God did not come to condemn, because the world is condemned already. We either believe in Jesus where there is no condemnation or we are condemned already in our unbelief, this is the judgement, that God is light, whoever does what is true comes to the light. By the Love/Grace of God we live so that we might be saved (John 3). We do not love God out of fear or misguided obedience, "w e love because he first loved us " (1 John 4:19). When we have a relationship with God, we begin to see the love that he lavishes on us, we come to experience and grow in understanding and revelation of him and his love (Ephesians 1:7-9; 17-19). " This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son ...

  " God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.    There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us " (1 John 4:16-19). If Jesus is God, which is written in John 1, then Jesus also is love as God is love. If Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6), then also love is the way, truth, and life. Not a cheap love and grace;  c heap  grace is a " grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate."[1]  It is  Love; which bears, believes, hopes, and endures all things (1 Cor. 13).   Christ is the mediator of a new covenant (Hebrews 9:15). In this new covenant we are to boldly come before t...

Jesus said to, " Go into all the world and  proclaim the gospel to  the whole creation " and " Go therefore and  make disciples of  all nations " (Mark 16:15-19: Matt 28:19).  The  10/40 Window  is a term coined by a  Christian missionary , it represents an area extending from west Africa to east Asia, from 10  degrees south to 40  degrees north of the equator. Nearly 4 billion people live here, it is estimated that 1.6 billion of these people have never had the chance to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ - not even once! The seat of every major non-Christian religion; Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Animism, Atheism, and Sikhism - is headquartered in the 10/40 Window.[ 1 ] 1040 Window The 10/40 Window is home to the majority of the world's poor. Of the poorest of the poor, more than eight out of ten live in the 10/40 Window. On average, they exist on less than a few hundred dollars per person per year. It ...

" As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything " (Ecclesiastes 11:5). Add caption When we believe we are born again of the spirit (John 3:5-7; Ephesians 1:13-15;  2  Timothy 1:14;  1  Corinthians 3:16 ). We learn to operate in the spiritual realm by faith ( Romans 8:9 ). Faith is a spiritual activity, it is given to us and perfected in us by Jesus (Hebrews 12:2).   "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus said to him, How can these things be? Jesus answered him, Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?"... "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:8-16). "For the f...

" because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors " (Isaiah 53:12). He was numbered among the transgressors and makes intercession for them. His enemies gave him the title "friend of sinners", Jesus himself was called a drunkard and a glutton (Matthew 11:16-19). It was meant as an insult, but Jesus is a friend of sinners. He was afflicted for our transgressions. “He had no form or majesty that we should look at him and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces“ (Isaiah 53:2-3). Isaiah spoke of Jesus, a man whom men would hide their faces, much like a homeless man holding a sign, not many look him in the eye. We have a high priest interceding for us who understands because he was afflicted and rejected. While Jesus was eating at one of the Phar...

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”      She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.      When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you .” (John 11:25-28) This is an emotional moment,  Lazarus is  dead, why didn't Jesus come sooner. Jesus is wanting Martha to look past the feelings, the situation, he wants her to believe, to have faith, that he is the resurrection and life. He asks Martha do you believe this? Martha replies Yes, you are the Christ, son of God. This is the gospel simple. Paul states in Romans 10:8-10, that if we confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in our hearts that he was raised from the dead, we shall ...

“ For my thoughts are not your thoughts,  neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  As the heavens are higher than the earth,  so are my ways higher than your ways  and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9). How different are the teachings of Jesus. Over and over again my Jesus reaches out to sinners. People who we judge and condemn for their transgressions, Jesus is reaching out to, drawing them to him. We must have forgotten that " he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy " (Titus 3:5).  Sometimes our ways seem right, " there is a way that seems right to a man ..." There is a saying that is much better put as a question; is the church a hotel for saints or a hospital for sinners? Jesus said, " those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners ” (Mark 2:12). Not once did Jesus condemn a sinner, but he...

" Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them... when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others...  when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others...  when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others... when you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins...  And your Father who sees in secret will reward you " (Matthew 6:1-18). Pious is defined as being devoted to a particular religion , but it is also marked as conspicuous religiosity , such as a hypocrite having pious words and uncharitable deeds.[ 1 ] Jes...

I pray that God  " may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,   having the eyes of your hearts enlightened , that you may know what is  the hope to which he has called you,  what are  the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,   and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe,  according to the working of  his great might   that he worked  in Christ  when he raised him from the dead  and  seated him at his right hand  in the heavenly places,   far above  all rule and authority  and power and dominion,  and above  every name that is named, not only in  this age but also in the one to come.       And  he put all things under his feet  and gave him as  head over all things to the church,   which is his body,  the fullness of him  who fills  all in all " (Ephesians 1:...

“ The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, he will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy " (Zephaniah 3:17) All Scripture is inspired by God. Solomon wrote " for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:...a time to mourn, and a time to dance... " (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). There are a variety of ways one can praise God " and David danced before the Lord with all his might " (2 Samuel 6:14). David wrote new songs to praise God, and some sing of dancing;  " Praise Him with the timbrel and dance " (Psalm 150:4),  " l et them praise his name with dancing " (Psalm 149).  When King David brought the Ark of the covenant, in which dwelt the presence of God, to the city, he danced, celebrated, and appointed ministers to invoke, thank, and praise God. ( 1 Chronicles 15:29; 16:1-4 ). This is a song David appointed to praise...