2 THE WORLD’S LOVE VERSUS CHRIST’S

 

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THE WORLD’S LOVE VERSUS CHRIST’S

Today’s chapter is 1 John 2

That this world’s definition of love is not the same as God’s definition probably comes as no surprise to most Christians.

Christian means Christ is the same, just like Jesus are you?

But what happens when you preach love to a world that has a distorted image of love? People don’t respond to what is said, but to what they hear - and that is not always the same. If Christians who call themselves Christians do not have the Holy Spirit, they are without the love of God and have only the world’s domestic love in them, that is the difference.

RECEIVE THE WHOLE SPIRIT
Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. - John 20:22
Religion is what you have left after the Holy Spirit has left the building. Christianity without the Holy Spirit is nothing more than dead religion.

James 2:26 says that the body is dead without the spirit, and in several places in the New Testament we are called "the body of Christ" (1 Cor. 12:27 + Eph. 4:16). If it were not for the Holy Spirit, we as the body of Christ would be dead. Yes, we are all different parts of this body with different functions and abilities, but what binds us together is that it is the same Spirit that flows through us all.

The more we learn to be led by the Holy Spirit, the more we as individual parts become organized and begin to flow in harmony with each other. Not because we become better at following rules and regulations, but because the Spirit within us is changing us day by day day.

We are saved and have received the Holy Spirit our eternal pledge that is the difference between religious names Christians without the Spirit without works without love just words death judgment and paragraphs.

Paul says in Philippians 2:13 that it is "... God works in you, giving you the will and the power to do what pleases him." . Religion tries to change a person from the outside in, but God starts from the inside by giving people a new heart (Ezek 36:26). This is not something I have to strive for. Jesus' words are John 20:22 is simply "Receive the Holy Spirit." It is that simple, and it is for all who want to receive.
amen