Abide in the light of Jesus Christ so you will not stumble in your faith!

10/31/2017

He who loves His brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in Him. 1 John 2:10 NKJV

Driving down the road one day the Lord said, “Serve your brother.” Today the Lord is telling me to love my neighbor. How can I be sure the Lord is speaking to me?

Jesus said, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. As I have loved you that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples that you love one another.”

God’s second greatest commandment is, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

John loved Jesus deeply. There was something about his personality that enabled John to express his love for Jesus freely. God created John. He filled John’s heart with love for Jesus.

I love Jesus! He has forgiven me of so much. I love Him very much. It is very easy for me to love Jesus. God gave me that gift. He created me with the capacity to freely express my love for Jesus!

Loving people is not easy for me! When someone crosses me I want nothing more to do with them. When someone is rude I want to be rude back to them. When someone attacks me I want to fight back.

How can I love my unlovable neighbors and serve people who take advantage of my willingness to serve them?

John says; he who loves his brother abides in the light. Jesus is the light. We cannot find our way through the darkness of sin and shame without loving people the way Jesus did. Loving other people is the best way to express our love for Jesus!

The Christian life is lived out in relationship with Jesus. The Christian life is also lived out in our relationships with each other. God wants the evidence of our love for Him to be seen in the way we live in loving relationships with each other!

How can you and I love each other? We must turn to the Lord. We must confess that loving people is impossible without Jesus.

If you tell me I should not lie or steal, cheat on my wife or look at pornography I can feel pretty good about those things. Loving people is something I struggle with. Jesus wants me to turn to Him so He can love people through me!

Tell Jesus you want to love your neighbor. Tell Him you want to serve His people. God will give you the faith to love them. He will give you the faith to serve them.

Abide in the light of Jesus Christ so you will not stumble in your faith!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Abide in the light of Jesus Christ so you will not stumble in your faith!

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