The world seems to be getting darker and more dangerous nowadays. There is a lot of anger and arguing back and forth. Sometimes it is hard to find out what the truth is these days. There is also a lack of love in our world. I am not sure if the world really knows what true love really is. The love that most people talk about these days is a shallow type of love, if it is real love at all.
There is only one way to truly understand what love is and that is to look to the One who loved us first. God loves us with a deep and everlasting love. We have all sinned and we are all deserving of eternal punishment in hell because of our sin. God demonstrated His love for us by sending Jesus Christ into this world to die for us sinners (Romans 5:8). We have all sinned and we have all fallen short of His standards (Romans 3:23). The wages of our sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ (Romans 6:23).
We must repent of our sin and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ by placing our faith in Him (John 3:16). We are saved by grace through our faith in Jesus Christ and not of ourselves (Ephesians 2:8-9). God loves each one of us and He doesn't want any of us to be separated from Him forever. That is what happens when we reject God's love. God made a way for you and I to be forgiven of our sins and have a home in Heaven for all eternity.
We need to place our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ in order to be saved. It is important for us to love the Lord with all of our hearts, minds, bodies, and souls. It is also important to love our neighbor as ourselves. God made a way for us to be reconciled back to Himself by sending Jesus Christ on a rescue mission to save us sinners. We believers in Jesus Christ must tell others so they too can have the opportunity to have their sins forgiven through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. There is only One Way into Heaven and that is through Jesus Christ (John14:6).
Let's love the Lord Jesus and love others enough to tell them the truth of the Gospel while there is still time. Time is running our for our world. The Lord is coming soon and people need to be ready for that day.
Lord,
We praise Your Name.
Help us to love You more and more.
Help us to love others as You love us.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
