STUDY TWENTY:
Those open to God’s
love are born of Him, and those that love God’s child, are those that believe that
Jesus is the Son of God… Since we are all children of God, we should
love each other and Jesus, Jesus and one another, all the very same..!!! In effort, in deed, in example, in tutelage, in reception, in loyalty, by honour… We know we truly love the children of God when we are in reception of God’s love, and can feel that LOVE coursing through, but not escaping, us… When we truly KNOW there isn’t a part of us that doesn’t love Jesus, and can’t/won’t (let us) honour Him, then, we truly know LOVE for each other… Love for God is LOVING one another within His guidelines (of the Instruction Book)… God’s people LOVE one another, because He made it possible – He gave us THAT love, and told us to (not give up!)… God overcomes the world because God IS love, and if we have Him in our lives, He can affect our lives for us – He can keep us safe, if we trust Him to, even when we can’t see how!!! We show our love for God by obeying and heeding His instruction, simply acknowledging it, or poorly claiming it, are NOT enough..!!! To work to His fullest potential in us, God must have our freedom… Ours is His, and His is Ours. God is Love, and we are His children, made of the same stuff! Denying it is ill-advice. It’s unwise, vulnerable, and pathetic! We MUST meet God half-way, walk some more, and then, let Him take us up into His arms, and carry us the rest… Not proverbially or eventually, actually, and readily, workingly!!! Trustingly… It is BEST, and recommended. It is safest!!! It is what God wants.
STUDY TWENTY-ONE:
Jesus came by water and blood… We need water, and we need our blood, to survive… They are the two great rivers that run through us. They are God-given, to make us stand up on our two feet, but what makes them so useful, so vital, is the life that runs through them, the energy. The current provides ALL this. The Holy Spirit is the current that determines their (these elements’) state… The Lord testifies that He gave His Son, and His Son is Jesus, because the Word and Holy Spirit made it all possible, and the Lord Himself decreed it, because the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit are One, and the Lord made Jesus, to join and lead His family (and we are all they, younger brothers’ and sisters’ of our Saviour, whom the Lord told us IS Jesus!!)… When Jesus told us He IS the Son of God, we should not have doubted Him, for Jesus is also the Lord – It is a quadrangle of Faith..! The testimony of the Head of our family, of God, in His one true, but many facetted form, is sublime and SUPREME in every way to man’s… Man knows only how to be one thing, worldly - The LORD is SO much!!! The one (us!) whom believes in Jesus has the LORD! The one whom believes in Jesus has the whole package, the most powerful, influential member of our LARGE family, working for him/her… The Lord, the Spirit, and the Word, all are witnesses, all offer testimony, ALL say that Jesus of Nazareth IS the Son of God… Do we listen to the Head honcho, or don’t we?? Life is a LOT more companionable, a lot more harmonious, a LOT more bearable, if we DO.. (In all the forms of this quadrangle!)!! Believers’ receive Jesus’ witness to them in return… They’ve cracked open the channels of communication, of familial harmony – The Lord can reach and influence them now – He can, and does, have the freedom, which He exercises and relishes, to show His adoration and affection, as a Grandfather figure, (the beginning of it all: The Word!) as a nurturing, sustaining, healing, rejuvenating, and INVIGORATING Mother, (the Holy Spirit!) as THE Father, a doting, wisely cautious, hugely inspirational, greatly empowering, endearing and MIGHTY, being… As the (elder) Son, our
brother, our advocate, our highly regarded example, our brave, staunch, caring, sweet, but strong (and) sure Guide… We should rely on them all! They’re our support system, our FAMILY… Non believers’ disallow themselves this welcome family… Non-believers’ won’t approach the door to be opened for them by these four BLESSINGS… Non-believers’ cannot rest on these crucial four, the pillars of our community..!!! They cannot experience the love of their Father, God, the shelter and camaraderie of their brother, Jesus, the Wisdom of their old Grandfather Time, (the Word..!) nor the gentility of their nursing Mother (the Holy Spirit, she whom, within, brings the NEW life that began with the arrival of the elder Son of the family, Christ, our Lord and Saviour, the Messiah, and Brother of Man, JESUS… He IS each of these things, and each of these things IS distinct, and DOES serve a purpose..!!! Look to your big brother and father… Truly, they are the greatest assistance and role model(s’) YOU can have!!!