January 6th, 2023
by Jon Cochran
by Jon Cochran
Good morning with a word for the day-
Ephesians 1:4 says, "Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love."
The love that God has for us is a predestined love. It's a love that is from a free will or a free choice. Predestined means without the feeling of regret or without malice. God so loved us that even when He knew who and what we would be and become, He still created us. The love God has for each of us is a love that never looks at what we are, but rather what we can be. God willed His love and gave His love free, willingly, without restraint meaning God cannot withhold His love. It's impossible for God to hate. God may hate sin, and He judges sin, but God cannot hate that which is created in His own image. The love God has for us is the agape love; the love which is chosen. And the love God chose was before the foundation of the world was even laid.
To know that God loved me before I was to be loved is to gain a power to return that love. Even in my weakness, I can still love God; even in my failures, I can still love God; even in my moments of doubt, fear, and hopelessness, I can still love God, because He first loved us. And perfect love casts out fear. God knows who I am. And God loved me enough to love me when I am not myself. Agape love is patient, never wanting anyone to perish. God's love is willing to wait for me to love Him. Even as it waits, it's still loving me.
God predestined His love while yet I was a sinner. This is the love that awaits every sinner, and this is the love that everyone has found who has called upon the name of the Lord to be saved. It's a love some are looking for, and it's the love that some have found. It's a never changing love. But it is a love that will change you.
Romans 10:13 says, "whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." This means anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will find the love they have been looking for.
Ephesians 1:4 says, "Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love."
The love that God has for us is a predestined love. It's a love that is from a free will or a free choice. Predestined means without the feeling of regret or without malice. God so loved us that even when He knew who and what we would be and become, He still created us. The love God has for each of us is a love that never looks at what we are, but rather what we can be. God willed His love and gave His love free, willingly, without restraint meaning God cannot withhold His love. It's impossible for God to hate. God may hate sin, and He judges sin, but God cannot hate that which is created in His own image. The love God has for us is the agape love; the love which is chosen. And the love God chose was before the foundation of the world was even laid.
To know that God loved me before I was to be loved is to gain a power to return that love. Even in my weakness, I can still love God; even in my failures, I can still love God; even in my moments of doubt, fear, and hopelessness, I can still love God, because He first loved us. And perfect love casts out fear. God knows who I am. And God loved me enough to love me when I am not myself. Agape love is patient, never wanting anyone to perish. God's love is willing to wait for me to love Him. Even as it waits, it's still loving me.
God predestined His love while yet I was a sinner. This is the love that awaits every sinner, and this is the love that everyone has found who has called upon the name of the Lord to be saved. It's a love some are looking for, and it's the love that some have found. It's a never changing love. But it is a love that will change you.
Romans 10:13 says, "whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." This means anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will find the love they have been looking for.
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