Post by poetsunshine on Nov 30, 2010 13:49:51 GMT -6
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LOVE DEEPLY
Peter prefaced his exhortation to love one another with the words above all. He insisted that such love should be fervent, which means to be stretched out, extended to reach the person loved. This is the divine love produced in our heart by the Holy Ghost.
Love is the life-giving spirit behind all our duties to God and others. Its practice among Christians is the chief way in which they are distinct from others, truly children to God and followers of Christ.
This love extends to others in a spirit of forgiveness. Peter echoes the words of Solomon, LOVE COVERETH ALL SINS. PRO. 10:12. Because God is love.
Sin refers to all that misses the mark and so falls short of the standard of right; it may thus include sins of weakness and moral shortcoming as well as wrong actions.
A multitude of sins calls for a love that is fervent and willing to forgive until seventh times seven.. Love does not condone the sins of other, but forgives and is reluctant to see or to announce their faults. Our Lord taught that only those who forgive others may expect to continue to enjoy God’s forgiveness.
Another practical; expression of Christian love is hospitality to others. Hospitality was greatly needed at the time of Peter’s writing. The public inns were often the scene of drunkenness and impurity, causing Christians to stay away.
Many believers ceased to enjoy the welcome and assistance of former friends who refused Christ. Had not Christians been willing to befriend each other, even though strangers, many early Christians might have perished from hunger and exposure.
For the first two hundred years of the Church there were no church buildings; each local body would meet in the home of one of the members. That practice would put hospitality to the test. Without grudging is a frank recognition that the practice of hospitality could easily become costly, burdensome, and irritating.
Rather than being resentful and complaining, opportunities to host a congregation or to shelter traveling Christians should be embraced as a Christians privilege.
We host a Bible study on Thursday evenings , have been going on for several years, it was first hosted by friends Jerry and Kay Risher, then by my brother Jay and his wife Donna, ay taught then, he went home to be with the Lord September 2009 and we have been hosting it ever since, you should try it, we are like a family, love each other like family, and learn a lot. So love each other with that godly love, Have a great rest of the day.
Peter prefaced his exhortation to love one another with the words above all. He insisted that such love should be fervent, which means to be stretched out, extended to reach the person loved. This is the divine love produced in our heart by the Holy Ghost.
Love is the life-giving spirit behind all our duties to God and others. Its practice among Christians is the chief way in which they are distinct from others, truly children to God and followers of Christ.
This love extends to others in a spirit of forgiveness. Peter echoes the words of Solomon, LOVE COVERETH ALL SINS. PRO. 10:12. Because God is love.
Sin refers to all that misses the mark and so falls short of the standard of right; it may thus include sins of weakness and moral shortcoming as well as wrong actions.
A multitude of sins calls for a love that is fervent and willing to forgive until seventh times seven.. Love does not condone the sins of other, but forgives and is reluctant to see or to announce their faults. Our Lord taught that only those who forgive others may expect to continue to enjoy God’s forgiveness.
Another practical; expression of Christian love is hospitality to others. Hospitality was greatly needed at the time of Peter’s writing. The public inns were often the scene of drunkenness and impurity, causing Christians to stay away.
Many believers ceased to enjoy the welcome and assistance of former friends who refused Christ. Had not Christians been willing to befriend each other, even though strangers, many early Christians might have perished from hunger and exposure.
For the first two hundred years of the Church there were no church buildings; each local body would meet in the home of one of the members. That practice would put hospitality to the test. Without grudging is a frank recognition that the practice of hospitality could easily become costly, burdensome, and irritating.
Rather than being resentful and complaining, opportunities to host a congregation or to shelter traveling Christians should be embraced as a Christians privilege.
We host a Bible study on Thursday evenings , have been going on for several years, it was first hosted by friends Jerry and Kay Risher, then by my brother Jay and his wife Donna, ay taught then, he went home to be with the Lord September 2009 and we have been hosting it ever since, you should try it, we are like a family, love each other like family, and learn a lot. So love each other with that godly love, Have a great rest of the day.
