ÒBut I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.Ó(Luke 6:27)< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

All that the Lord God asks from us is to be dutifully complying with His commands. God does not ask for more or less, but complete obedience. He has set His standard, and it will not be lowered or excused under no circumstances. Jesus strongly and repeatedly emphasized on hearing and obeying the word of God. Once, He was being sought by His mother and brothers but he could not be approached because of the crowd. Luke 8:21, ÒBut He answered and said to them, ÔMy mother and My brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.ÕÓ If there was any way to emphasize on obeying the word of God, Jesus has presented it above and beyond. Despite that, obeying the words of God has been reduced to the minimum, and obeying His words continue to be the least among us that confesses Christ as our Lord and savior. You have subjected yourself to the dictates of your heart–which is an act of wickedness. God is a merciful God and His sentencing against evil work is not speedily executed (Ecclesiastes < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>8:11). Taking the privilege of prolonged sentencing against evil is taking the risk of heading into eternal damnation.  God will move and He will not fail to respond just as He did not look over the acts of disobedience of the children of Israel. God once said to the children of Israel in Jeremiah 2:19, ÒYour own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and the fear of Me is not in you, says the LORD of hosts.Ó What the children of Israel did that led them into captivity is what the church today is doing today. There is only one way of serving God in deed and in truth: complete and uncompromised obedience. God gave the Ten Commandments to man and all ten–not one–is to be dutifully complied with. Every time we draw out our own way of obeying His commandment, it ends up being disobedient to the commandments of God. You can take or add to the commands of God in your own way, you can color His commands and still be in riches, bottom line is if you have fallen short in obeying it all, His timing will catch up with you. The Kingdom life is guided by His command, not manÕs command or the dictates of the heart. Thank God for Jesus Christ. Jesus was speaking in Luke 6:27, ÒBut I say to you who hear; love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.Ó Jesus was not talking about speaking love to one another, but He was instructing and teaching on love as the only way to the fulfillment of GodÕs command. It is easy to talk love than actually demonstrating it, especially to a stranger or the neediest. Absolutely nothing can be done to substitute love, and that is why Jesus emphasized on His message of love so as to be heard. Undeniably, to love is to obey God and to obey God is to love. God is love. He sent His only begotten son because He loves us. There are many believers that go around with a diary of grudges and bitterness. In entering the church, they are the ones who praise the loudest. Indeed, it is good to worship God, but worshiping God in emptiness is worthless and does not amount to power. 1 John 2:9-10, ÒHe, who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.Ó God is not a fool, neither is He a God who does not hear or see. God has given His word and He has fulfilled His salvation plans for us. It is now left for man to turn unto God and obey all that He has commanded. He knows when love is not genuine and sincere. Loving has to be in His own way. 1 Timothy 1:5, ÒNow the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.Ó Love is what Christianity is all about. Often, believers have walked away where love needs to be demonstrated. Love can never be harmful especially when it is demonstrated with a good conscience and sincere faith. Romans 13:10 ,Ó Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.Ó It is clearly demonstrated that the diary of bitterness, anger, and animosity will not prevail; it will only unveil the owner of the diary to eternal damnation. Also, it will only take the grace of God to live a life of loving others. Ask God today for His grace.

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When we submit all unto God, He will subdue all on our behalf.

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