This passage speaks of all that God has provided for us and how we are expected to live in return. As told through the scriptures, the Lord said we are to forgive others as he did to us. In order to live a happy life we have to follow the words of our Lord. No matter how severe the situation is we can make it through with Him. This scripture has taught me to love everyone no matter what they have done wrong to me. I have carefully read this scriptures and I have learned that God does not want us to be hateful or angry towards others, no matter if they are angry or hateful towards me.
We have come to know Christ the way he wanted us to and we have been taught to create new self to be true in righteousness and holiness. Ephensians 4:5-6 says "One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all." This means that he is in all who believe and all who seek the Word of God which entitles me to love everybody no matter what. Love thy neighbor as thy self is the motto that we should all live by everyday.
These verses spoke stongly to me this week and has been very helpful with working through many of the things going on in my life.
Obedience is demanded in this passage. Obedience to God's word is not always easy, but God cannot honor disobedience.
ReplyDeleteObedience is not a yoke of control over us. It is the key to the fullness of joy, peace, love, and mercy God desires for us and we desire for ourselves. Simple obedience. Yet it is so hard when we let our feelings or other peoples' interactions with us dictate our decisions. Obedience requires focus.
ReplyDelete'Obedience requires focus' hit a spot with me! I thought about "the mirror", James 1:24, "For he thoughtfully observes himself (in the mirror) and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like." It is possible to hear God's Word taught and preached without ever turning what is heard into doing what the Word says to do. Obedience comes first by hearing Scripture, then following through and acting it out in belief. Obedience? Yes,obedience. How? Stay focused.
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