LOVING AND KNOWING GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US., IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US. ROMANS 5:8, READ (5:6-11) IN A NOVEL BY JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, ONE OF THE CHARCATERS, SPEAKING OF NEW YORKS EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, SAID, I KNOW THIS BUILDING BECAUSE I LOVE THIS BUILDING. THAT STATEMENT CAUSE ME TO THINK ABOUT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE. WHEN EVER WE LOVE SOMETHING, WE WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN WE LOVE A PLACE, WE WANT TO EXPLORE EVERY INCH OF IT. WHEN WE LOVE A PERSON, WE WANT TO KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF HIS OR HE LIFE. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE LIKES, HOW SHE SPEND HER TIME, WHERE HE GREW UP, WHO HER FRIENDS ARE, WHAT HE BELIEVES. THE LIST IS ENDLESS. BUT SOME OF US WANT TO BE LOVED WITHOUT ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BE KNOWN. WEER AFRAID THAT WE WONT BE LOVED IF WE ARE TRULY KNOWN. WE DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT WITH GOD. HIS LOVE IS FAR SUPERIOR TO OURS GOD DEMONSRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US AS IT SAY IN VERSE (5:8). CHRIST DIED FOR US. THROUGH CREATION, SCRIPTURE AND CHRIST, GOD REVEALS HIS CHARACTER AND HIS LOVE., BECAUSE GOD LOVES US IN SPITE OF OUR IMPERFECTIONS, WE CAN SAFETY CONFESS OUR FAULTS TO HIM, WITH GOD, WE NEED NOT FEAR BEING KNOWN. THATS WHY TO KNOW GOD IS TO LOVE HIM. BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD FOR THE PATHWAYS ARE STEEP ANDD ROUGH, NOT WHAT HE BRINGS, BUT WHAT HE IS WILL ALWAYS BE ENOUGH. THERE IS NO GREATER JOY THAN TO KNOW THAT GOD LOVES US.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:48:18 +0000
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