DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  1 JOHN 4:19-21

(19)  We love him,  because  he first loved us.
(20)  If a man say,  I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,  how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
(21)  And this commandment have we from him,  That he who loveth God love his brother also.

SWIM, OH SWIM YE IN THE RIVERS OF LOVE!

Brethren, in this epistle of John, love is spoken of in detail; however in reference to the above text for this morning, John said;  (i)  We love him, because he first loved us. "Truly!"  as believers, we go out of our ways to do things, in other to show how much we love our Father, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior; we worship and reverence our Father diligently, dedicate ourselves to his will, read the scriptures, give to the poor and needy; love one another as ourselves; our Father appreciates all that we do; however, we are not doing all these gestures because we love him; but we do all these things because of the love he has for us: when we search the scriptures, from the book of Genesis in the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve through the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ for all iniquities, salvation, grace and life everlasting, the book of Revelation, the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; we can see his greater attribute of love;  therefore our Father is the source of love himself, there is nothing about him that is out of love; also, his love reigns supreme in our lives through his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, whenever we call upon his Holy Name, regardless of our difficult situations, he delivers our souls from all troubles of this life;

Case in point,  our Father created humanity in his own likeness, therefore automatically, there are rivers of love flowing within our innermost spirits before birth; this love is a chain of emotions which connects one person to another;  when we hate a brother or sister, we break the chain of love from our Father connected within the hearts of his children; therefore, let us not be instruments of mass destruction of love of our Father; but rather allow rivers of love to flow through our innermost spirits for the glorification of our Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and for one another on planet earth;  love is a chain of command that should not be broken; Jesus said, "....Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."(Matthew 22:39);  therefore, John went on to say, "Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is not being truthful but lying to themselves: for whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love our Father, whom they have not yet seen?;  this is a true statement, therefore, brethren, if we say, we love our Father, worship and serve him, let us see ourselves as one family on earth belonging to one heavenly Father, walk in love, forgive one another's trespasses, be merciful, genuinely show kindness towards one another, with the perspective of our Father; for, he displayed his love towards humanity, that while we were yet sinners, he gave his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, to die on cross for all our iniquities, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life; also, this is a commandment from our Father, that, whosoever loves him, must also love their brothers and sisters; therefore, whatever hindrances prevails against our love for one another, Jesus Christ has broken down the walls of the enemy by his sufferings, death and resurrection from the tomb; we are set free from all spiritual bondage and hindrances forevermore.

Fruits of thought; love is already implanted in our spirits, we just have to have change of hearts and awakening spirits, pray for genuine love to manifest through our hearts towards one another;  love is like an aroma of perfume, when we come in contact with humanity, if we have love radiating from our innermost spirits, automatically, people around us should feel the warmth our presence, if there are any troubles prevailing against their souls, our love towards them, should relieve them of their troubles, worries, and anxieties; also, as humans walking on the face of this earth, we are all woven together in the love of our Father; in other for peace to reign on this earth, we have to stop viewing ourselves as different people from different nations, diversities, races and genders; but view one another through the lenses of our Father's love, as one family, dwelling in his presence on planet earth; at times we have to disagree to agree; we cannot live together without offenses, but let us know how to forgive one another's faults so we can move forward, display the love of our Father, through the love of others, and dwell peaceably with all men forevermore.

CONCLUSION:

Dearly beloved, because of our Father's love for humanity, he sacrificed his only begotten Son to save the whole world; if we love Jesus Christ, we should also show the same love he has for us to others; let us look beyond nationalities, ethnicity, races and genders; see ourselves as souls, as brothers and sisters on assignments on earth for Jesus Christ; this is our common goal, in heaven there are no divisions; every spirits belongs to our Father and are joint heirs with Jesus Christ and everyone dwells in the love of our Father; therefore, regardless of who we are on planet earth, in heaven, we are all his children; the question is, how can we love one another with the love of our Father already implanted in our hearts from the Father of creation through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior?; when we live in love, peace will reign supreme on this earth as it is in heaven forever and evermore.  I love you all with the love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.  Amen and Amen!

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  1 John 3:17, But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?