Monday, March 28, 2011

Love - III


Many Christians seem to get hung up on distinctives. What is the thing that makes them different from everyone else? What makes them different from every other Christian?

Maybe what they should focus on is not what makes them different. Maybe it should be what God says is important. Love is central. Not manifestations of the Spirit. Not philosophies of ministry. Not church models. The central fact is that Jesus died for sins. Jesus died to ransom mankind. It is God’s love that motivated and drove the incarnation, the death and the resurrection. God’s love under girds, builds and propels the whole Jesus movement.


God’s love sent Jesus to the cross. God’s love raised him from the dead. God’s love brought those who chose to follow him into one community. God’s love sealed us with the Holy Spirit of promise.


So, if God’s love motivates, empowers and puts into practical action whatever he does involving mankind, then …

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