True love between
Christians
Key Verses: 2, 3, 6, 11-12, 15, 16
Without a
foundation in knowledge of God’s Word, we can’t be urged to live in line with
what we know. So many Jesus-followers today don’t have a basic knowledge of
God’s Word. They understand the bumper stickers, but nothing of depth. They
don’t know how to read the Word in a way that they hear God’s voice speaking to
them, convicting them, affirming them. Paul was confident his instruction in
the Word was being applied by the readers of this letter.
One thing
Paul wanted: sanctification. This is a big word which means set apart for God’s
exclusive, holy use. An animal was sanctified before it was sacrifice. It was
given over completely for God’s purpose. Nothing was held back.
One of
the areas that sanctification was need in Paul’s day was in the area of sexual
purity. We of course have the same issue today. Some things just don’t change.
Paul said as believers we have the ability to control our body, to keep it
pure. Those who don’t keep control face judgment. We sometimes think our modern
problems are so different from the ancient ones, that we have changed so much.
And yet, sexual control was a problem back then as well.
Our lives
need to be the kind of lives that outsiders respect. Our words should match our
deeds. We can’t afford to be word-only people. We are living examples of the
power of Christ. How powerful is Christ in your life?
When
Jesus returns, there will be a lot of people rising to meet Him.
Jesus-followers who have died will have a body to rise in, just as we have a
body and will rise. That will be a sight for those who are left behind.
Millions of people rising from the ground, meeting in the sky, weightlessly
rising.
Some
movies has depicting something like this with “aliens” doing their evil work. I
personally think that Satan has prepared the minds of unbelievers so that, in
that moment, they will believe it is aliens from other planets who have done
this, and not Christ. They will be deceived, as they are currently deceived.
People will believe in almost anything accept the Truth. Christ will return and
we will leave this planet. Paul declared it just as Jesus had declared it. Do
you believe it, or is your “logic” getting in the way?