True LoveWritten by Joyce C. Lock
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Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? If ye fulfil royal law according to scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying truth through Spirit unto unfeigned love of brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Honour all men. Love brotherhood. Fear God. Honour king. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. Behold, what manner of love Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called sons of God: therefore world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. For this is message that ye heard from beginning, that we should love one another. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Hereby perceive we love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. And we have known and believed love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. By this we know that we love children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God Father, and from Lord Jesus Christ, Son of Father, in truth and love. Keep yourselves in love of God, looking for mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Glimpses of God © by Joyce C. Lock http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.
Joyce C. Lock is a published author, poet, and columnist. In addition, she founded and maintains the e-mail ministries "Heavenly Inspirations" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations/ and "Share a Smile" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smilesharing/. Joyce's writings encourage us in our relationship with God and each other.
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Who changed truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served creature more than Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also men, leaving natural use of woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. I said in mine heart concerning estate of sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::»:§«»§«»§«»§«»§:«::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Ye are bought with a price; be not ye servants of men. Glimpses of God © by Joyce C. Lock http://our.homewithgod.com/heavenlyinspirations/ This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.
Joyce C. Lock is a published author, poet, and columnist. In addition, she founded and maintains the e-mail ministries "Heavenly Inspirations" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeavenlyInspirations/ and "Share a Smile" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smilesharing/. Joyce's writings encourage us in our relationship with God and each other.
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