| The command to lay down our lives!!! |
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3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 3:18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
3:16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren. 3:17But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. "The problem with most Christians in today's society is that everyone knows John 3:16-18, but no one knows I John 3:16-18"
I heard this quote on the radio, it is so true. We all know how to save ourselves, but do we understand that we are commanded to give of ourselves (even our very lives) for the sake of fellow belivers around the world? Often times I can get so caught up in what I need and more often times want, then how I can help someone else meet their needs (you have to admit that more times then not it is not a necessity but a want, b/c really we do not need much to survive). I get so busy preparing for what God has for my future that I forget that God has something for my present. God has plans for us all right now, to leave our comfort zones and begin to lay down our lives for others. |
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