As per the traditions of this world,
it is observed that majority of people observe Valentine's Day. So on this day,
i.e. today, we will like to talk about, "Love!"
Illustration: A pastor visits a
family. There, the husband used to talk very sweetly, stating," Sweetheart,
can I get coffee?", "My love, can you get me the newspaper?" Pastor
was surprised and said, "You are married for more than 50 years still the
love you have between you is amazing that you call these beautiful names to
your wife after so many years." To which he responds, "Pastor,
actually 10 years back I forgot her name!"
People of God, all of us we need
that someone loves. And the good news is that's someone actually moves us.
Jesus loves. His love is not cards, rose given on particular day, jeweller and
these worldly possession. His love is eternal that brings peace to us.
Illustration: In Canada, a large
hungry pack of wolves saw a group of people and children going in a cart of
three horses. So this group released this horse to which the lack attacked and
ate and traveling further the pack returned and attacked the cart. So the young
gentleman sitting inside the cart jumped and that pack devoured this man and
ate him. In the meantime this cart reached at safety and this group jumped
inside the home and locked themselves inside. They all were scared and
shattered about the loss of their friend. They said, our friend gave himself
for us. We are living now because he is dead. "Love in action which is
expressed in giving."
We cannot talk about love without
more than one people are involved. The bible says, "God is love!" So
if bible says this, then who God loves? He loved us and the demonstration was
His life.
John 15:13, “Greater love hath no
man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 3:16, “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him
should not perish, but have eternal life.”
Bible says Jesus came to this world
for only purpose. He came to die! Jesus sacrificed Himself for giving us
everything. Thank God for His love.
God's love is different from present
day love among lovers.
1- God loves us un-selfishly by paying the highest cost and without
expecting anything in return.
Today is Valentine's Day and we
don't know how many chocolates are going to be sold today as a return for
favour. However if we look at the life of Jesus, wherever He went, people
followed Him as Jesus gave a new life to many who met him. He gave eyes to
blind, health to unhealthy, love to robbers, Samaritans. Prostitutes, poor etc.
But there was something greater that Jesus came to do in this earth. He came to
die for us. Not because we deserve it, but that He loved us.
Why Christ has to die? The bible
says, "In order to demonstrate His love."
Illustration: Bill Gates formed a
charity, "Gates Foundation" and in India he donated billions of
dollars for health, food, hospitals. This proves that he is a super rich guy
who can donate this much money and even after donations he will not be going in
debts. He does in this because of love for poor and needy. Imagine how
much he has in his savings that God has given him.
The love of God is different from
this because God have His 'Only' son for us.!
John 3:16 is one of the greatest Verse
in the bible because He genuinely loved us without expecting any return.
Romans 5:8, “But God shows his love
for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
2- You don't have to be worthy to receive the love of God.
You don't have to be rich, wealthy,
impressive, smart, handsome/beautiful, ugly, same, insane etc. This is one of
the most amazing thing of God.
We live in this world and we show
our love to people who loves us back. And we love less to those people who we
don't love. At times children loves us when they need something. But at times
they get angry if we don't fulfil their demand. But God is different. He has
chosen us 'ALL'.
It is very easy to live our children
when they obey us and when they disobey we don't like that.
Bible says, "When I was in
the
1 John 4:9-10, “Herein was the love
of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the
world that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God,
but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
Don't condemn yourself what happened
to you in the past or wrong things you have done. All you need to come to the
feet of the Christ for unconditional love.
Illustration: Akbar used to ask many
questions to Birbal. One fine day King asked, "Which love is the greatest
love in this love." He got several answers, "Lovers love",
"Mothers love etc."
Love for self is the greatest
love.
King asked to prove that. The next
day during the gathering and he brought one monkey who was a mother and baby if
that monkey. So Birbal kept than in the tank and Birbal asked to release the
water. As the water increased, the monkey kept her child on the head and King
said, see mothers love. Now as the water rose, mother removed the baby and
jumped out of tank."
Even Mother may forget the love for
children also but God will not.
Romans 5:6-8, “For while we were yet
weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to
die. But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.”
Colossians 1:21-22“And you, being in
time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath
he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and
without blemish and unreproveable before him:”
Can you imagine someone sacrificing
for someone else and in other worlds, complete strangers.
Isaiah 53:5, “But he was wounded for
our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
Love of this world is a conditional
love but the love of God is eternal, it is eternal.
Illustration: There used to be a
banker who used to write accounts on a book. One day I was filling the
accounting, I imagined heaven where I saw David said that "I have to pay
this much." So he told that I will transfer something from his own
accounting book to the account book of David. But then Jesus appeared who said,
"You don't need to pay anything." That is the love of God.
3- Love of God is not temporary, but eternal.
Lovers claim that they have fallen
in love. This is temporary love. The bible tells us, God's love is given to us.
Jeremiah 31:3, “Jehovah appeared of
old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore
with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”
Romans 8:39, “nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Max Lucado once said, There are many
reason God saved us. To give you His love to demonstrate His sovereignty. Not
only this, but He loves you. "If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a
wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a
sunrise every morning… Face it, friend. He is crazy about
you!"
We don't need to do anything but
love Him back. We need to love Him not because it is our duty but because He
loves us unconditionally.
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