It’s been a while since I last wrote. Got stuck in a rut reading just the old testament and wasn’t getting much out of my daily Bible reading. I have made a correction and I am continuing to read in the old testament but I am also reading in the new testament. I believe that the new testament is what God wants us to know most of all. Our covenant with God was sealed with the Blood of the Christ.
Couple things spoke to me today. The first thing I am writing about is actually the last one to speak to me and that is John 16:1-3. What it spoke to me about is a hard thing to do in my opinion. What it spoke to me about was not taking offense when others wrong us in what they think is doing God’s service. It is easy to take offense when we are wrong or when somebody we know is wronged. It’s what the world wants us to do, it’s what the world would do but the world hates us. When we gave our lives over to Christ we are no longer of the world (John 17:14) just as Christ is not of the world. Christ’s commandment to us was that we love one another as he loved/loves us. I know Christ told us in Luke 6:31 that we as we would have others do unto us, we should do to them. It’s not love one another as you want to be loved. Christ knows our love box might be broken through something in our past. He wants us to follow His example and love like HE loves. He doesn’t want us to hate those that would do us harm but we are to be an example and love those that would hurt us or even kill us and that by our example we might lead them to Christ.
John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Luke 6:31And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise
John 16:23a is interesting, basically Jesus telling His disciples and us that we will see him again one day and in that day, we won’t question Him because we will be rejoicing in joy. Other part that spoke to me was John 17. Reading Jesus praying to The Father is always a awesome and humbling read to know what Jesus asked for in His final hours on this world. I think what stood out to me most of in this read through was verse 20 where he not only prayed for the disciples that were following Him at the time but for all of us that would come after His leaving this world and that we would be as one as Christ and The Father are one.
May you all have a blessed day in Christ.
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