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Pursue Love By Pastor Bill Taylor A publication of My Father's House, inc. Volume 9//Issue 12 Prophecy: Those who are Mine keep themselves and the wicked one doesn’t touch them. They don’t allow themselves to be defiled by the things of this world; the wicked spirits who try to entice men away from Me. Because their love is so great for Me, they’re continually praying that they may be only for My glory and I keep them from stumbling. But when you see so many who profess to be Mine yet they bring shame upon My name and upon My people, they aren’t of Me. And it isn’t because I don’t have the power to keep them that they stumble. It’s because they DON’T LOVE ME. They don’t love My righteousness, but they love the world and the things of the world, and therefore the love of the Father isn’t in them so they defile themselves. But those who love Me, keep themselves and I watch over them. For there’s a covering over the glory, and I fill them with My glory as they cry out for Me to keep them holy. And I have the power to do it, for their faith is in Me to do it. These are My people and this is how they stay undefiled, by keeping themselves near to Me that I may watch over them, saith the Lord. (Prophecy delivered at “My Father’s House”) Pursue love, (1Cor14:1) Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the Truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1Cor13:4-7) Similarly, The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. (Jms3:17) There’s a very intimate relationship between wisdom and love. But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? From where then does wisdom come? (Job28:12,20) How difficult it seems to find wisdom and yet The LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; (Pr2:6) There’s a wisdom from the world God calls foolishness. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (1Cor1:20) …the foolishness of God is wiser than men. (1Cor1:25) But there’s a wisdom from God which is described in Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct… (Jms3:13) Now good conduct is the evidence of Godly wisdom. This is also related to sound doctrine. Sound doctrine is the expression of Godly wisdom because it produces good conduct and how very little of this there is in the so-called “churches” of today; Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. (Jms3:13) Notice the relationship of meekness to wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. Any kind of wisdom pertaining to selfishness isn’t from God but is earthly, sensual, demonic. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. (Jms 3:14,15,17) So these are notable characteristics of Godly wisdom. Now one place we see Godly wisdom demonstrated is when Joseph reveals the meaning of the Pharaoh’s dreams concerning which he says, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” (Gen41:16) Then he interprets the dreams and Pharaoh is awe-struck by the wisdom in Joseph. But Joseph said, “It is not in me; but God” so that we see Joseph has God in him and his wisdom comes from God being in him. And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this,” so Pharaoh recognizes what Joseph said about God being his wisdom, “there is no one as discerning and wise as you.” (Gen41:38-39) David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. (1Sam18:5) Wisdom is demonstrated by good conduct and “behaved wisely” means David has good conduct. You must show by “good conduct” that your works are done in the meekness of wisdom. And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the LORD was with him. Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him. (1Sam18:14-15) Why should Saul be afraid of someone who’s behaving wisely? The world, including Saul, which is under the sway of the wicked one, has numerous devices by which it manipulates, gets its own way, protects itself, forwards its selfish interests by using the wisdom of men. And what Saul sees is “My wisdom won’t prevail over David’s. I won’t be able to manipulate this man. He’s too wise.” “There’s no council or wisdom against the Lord.” (Pr21:30) When you have a man who has God in him you won’t be able to trick or fool him. Therefore Saul fears David as a man he can’t manipulate or control. After God reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s dream to Daniel, Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.” (Dan2:20,22) Later when the handwriting appears on the wall, the Queen Mother tells Belshazzar, “There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God.” (Dan5:11) This is like when Pharaoh recognized the wisdom of God is in Joseph therefore the Spirit of God is in him. (Gen41:38-39) And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; (Dan5:11) Then Belshazzar says, “I have heard of you, that the Spirit of God is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.” (Dan5:14) So we consistently see that Spirituality demonstrates itself in wisdom and wisdom demonstrates itself in the one case by the knowing of secret things that others don’t know but in the other case in behavior that is good conduct, always above reproach. Hear what the Apostles counsel concerning the appointing of the deacons; Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, (Act6:3) And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. (Act6:8,10) But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—(1Cor1:30) to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places. (Eph3:10) For this verse to be true the church must be the embodiment of the wisdom of God; it must be operating with such wisdom in her conduct that everything she does is a glory to God. She must be filled with God’s wisdom. So the individual who has the Spirit of God in him is filled with wisdom. We see that in Joseph, in Daniel, in David, in Stephen. But the true church must also be demonstrating she’s filled with the wisdom of God. He who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. (1Jn3:24) By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. (1Jn4:13) If we really have His Spirit we’ll demonstrate His wisdom and we’ll demonstrate His wisdom by good conduct. Don’t act like a fool and tell me Jesus is in you. Jesus isn’t a fool! In every place we see God’s Spirit is in someone their behavior is “good conduct done in the meekness of wisdom.” (Jms3:13) In addition the wise have insights into things others don’t see. Proverbs says the Lord gives wisdom as a reward to the righteous. For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; (Pr2:6-7) Wisdom is one of God’s greatest treasures. He doesn’t give it to people who don’t deserve it. In saying He stores wisdom up for the upright it’s as if He says, “This is the special gift I give to people I am pleased with: I give them My Spirit and My wisdom.” And Solomon says, “Happy is the man who finds wisdom,” (Pr3:13) This also will connect to the subject of pursuing love. Happy is the man who finds wisdom. If you want the person you love to be happy you must want them to have wisdom. Wisdom will bring happiness to them. Here’s a place where it may seem Solomon contradicts himself. For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. (Eccl 1:18) But Ecclesiastes speaks of human wisdom and Proverbs is speaking of God’s wisdom. Human wisdom sees only the things pertaining to this world. And this world is in a tragic state; fallen, doomed and corrupted. But God’s wisdom sees beyond this world into the coming Kingdom of Christ where all things are new and wonderful. One application of God’s wisdom is to make your calling and election sure by giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. (2Pt1:5-7) Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. (Col 3:12-14) Here in Colossians Paul like Peter is also showing us how to make our calling and election sure by growing in the virtues of Christ. Pursue love, (1Cor14:1) But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. (1Tim6:11) In all these passages we see the importance of pursuing love as well as the other Godly virtues. Now after reading these scriptures what would wisdom do with them? The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the fear of the Lord causes us to obey the Lord. If the scriptures are telling you to pursue love, you better pursue love. In the judgment would you hear Jesus ask, “I told you to pursue love, why didn’t you do it?” Most so-called “christians” today take these admonishments for granted; they don’t obey them. They think, “If God wants to give me more love He’ll give me more love” as though they have no part in “pursuing” love. But their reasonings aren’t sound. Paul wouldn’t have used the word pursue unless you need to do something. How much do you know about love? We’ve seen the Holy Spirit and wisdom are so inter-related that you won’t have one without the other. But do you know you can’t have God’s love apart from the Holy Spirit? That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, (would) know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Eph3:17,19) So the Spirit of Christ is the Spirit of God’s love also. And the Spirit is wisdom. Then wisdom and love are also intertwined – so much so you can’t have one without the other. The very fact that you have Godly wisdom is the evidence you have the Spirit. The fact that you have Godly love is the evidence you have the Spirit. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. (1Jn4:12-13) The source of Godly love and wisdom is God and God gives His Spirit of wisdom and love to those who please Him. And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him. (Act5:32) By giving His Spirit He is rewarding those whom He delights in. As you can see the people who He was most delighted with in the Bible were the people who are regarded as the wisest. He was delighted with Solomon’s attitude in asking for wisdom. He was delighted with David’s obedience. He was delighted with Joseph’s perseverance. He was delighted with Daniel’s faithfulness. In each one of these men you can see the nobility of their character. Each of them had wonderful attributes that God delighted in and so He poured His wisdom upon them. Stephen had such wisdom the Jews couldn’t overcome his arguments so they had to kill him. But Stephen had such love that he interceded for them even as they murdered him. Murderous behavior is typical of the antichrist church and antichrist religion. Antichrist’s people aren’t interested in being right; they’re not interested in being holy or righteous. They’re interested in having their way no matter what. So if they can’t overcome wisdom by arguments, they’ll overcome by murder. They ought to be able to see in the fact that they can’t overcome Stephen’s wisdom that they’re wrong. That should be obvious but they’re so wicked they can’t see that. People can stubbornly cling to the idea that they’re right even when they have no evidence to substantiate their rightness and yet they’ll kill for it. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. (Jn16:2) Do you know what the root of that is? Pride. Such people are filled with pride. They won’t let go of the idea that they’re right even when everything shows them they’re wrong. Pride won’t admit it’s wrong and it will kill in order to protect its false sense of rightness in the face of absolute proof that it’s wrong. That describes the battle that’s going on right now between us and the Baptists; we’re bringing them down. We’re showing everyone they’re wrong about everything they preach. But most of them are so proud they’ll hold on to the bitter end not realizing that they can’t overcome us about once saved/always saved – they’re wrong. About Christians always being sinners – they’re wrong. About they’re being of the truth and having Jesus in them when they behave like fools – they’re wrong, because God is against them. If they had any sense they’d recognize the reason the Baptists can’t overcome our arguments is because God is fighting against them. I’m Stephen and they’re the wicked Jews who can’t overcome the Spirit and wisdom by which I speak. They can’t overcome because God’s Spirit is coming against them through me. He’s not in them or for them in anyway. They’re antichrist and their ungodly behavior proves it. God has exposed them irrefutably in our Glory of His Grace book “Many Antichrists.” The case gets stronger and stronger the closer we look at them, that they are undeniably children of the devil. They have no wisdom! None! If they have no wisdom what else don’t they have? They don’t have the Spirit of God. And they don’t have Godly love. That’s absolutely proven by their lack of wisdom. And this is what the so-called “christians” around us better wake up to. When you’ve found the wisdom of God you’ve found the place where God is. God is in “My Father’s House.” The proof of it is the wisdom coming out of us. God is in the pastor and the proof of it is the wisdom coming out of him. God is in the Glory of His Grace books and the proof of it is the wisdom coming out of them. And all the false “churches” around us are being shamed, exposed, shown to be foolish instead of wise by what’s going on in them. Their lack of wisdom demonstrates God isn’t in them. God isn’t for them. God is against them. They’re coming down because He’s not holding them up. Their offering isn’t acceptable to Him. He doesn’t delight in them. He hasn’t given them wisdom. His Spirit isn’t in them. Nebuchadnezzar had the sense, Belshazzar’s mother had the sense, and Pharaoh had the sense to see where wisdom was; to see that God is in this man because God’s wisdom is in him. But the religious Pharisees of Stephen’s and Jesus’ time didn’t have the sense to see that, nor can the false christianity today. Wisdom is consistent with all Godly behavior and with all sound doctrine. Wisdom is demonstrated in behavior when your behavior is good. And wisdom will pursue love. Do you think you know all there is to know about love? God says to pursue love and we know if Christ actually dwells in your heart through faith, you have the love of God dwelling in you. And although that love surpasses understanding, it’s not something that can’t be known. That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Eph3:17-19) If Paul tells us to pursue love (1Cor14:1) then it must be possible to pursue love. But what are the first steps in pursing love? Of course you must ask God, and in reply, God will give you a revelation of love and even an impartation of His Spirit of love. (Lk11:13) But is God going to give this to you without your participation? By participation I mean I have to ask, “Lord, help me to know, to experience, to possess, to understand Your love.” And I must believe I receive. (Mk11:24) If any of you lacks wisdom (or love), let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; (Jms1:5-7) And I must act upon my faith. But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? (Jms2:20-22) I must do such things as love would do. My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1Jn3:18) I’m looking at my beloved wife sleeping and I’m feeling how useless human love is to do any real good for her or anybody else. Human love can give a temporary comfort, but in the end without the love of God, we all perish. You can whisper sweet nothings in each other’s ear and maybe in moments of affection you may help each other feel good. But there will be so many moments in life that aren’t “moments of affection.” There are so many times when there’s a struggle, a disagreement, something isn’t going right and during those times what good are the sweet nothings? They’re forgotten as though they’ve never been. You hear the songs of young lovers promising the world to each other, and being a little bit older and experienced I think sure, that’s what you do when you have these opportunities of romance, but what happens when it’s three o’clock in the morning and the pipes break, the hot water heater starts spraying all over the house, the baby is crying and needs changing? What happens when troubles appear? What happens when the hardships and the trials come? What happens when you lose your job and the bills aren’t being paid? What happens when a child goes bad and you can’t seem to straighten him out? What happens when a loved one gets desperately sick? How much do your sweet words help? How much do these human kindnesses actually contribute to the cure? The loving words and good intentions of mere humans are often so powerless in the face of a major crisis in life. Maybe it would be good if when we went through these discomforts we could just ring a bell and say, “Stop. Let’s take a love break. Let’s get on the couch and cuddle and remember we love each other. Let’s not let these troubles make us forget what life is really about. Let’s not allow problems to ruin us.” And perhaps there might be some ability to help in that. But you know love is the desire to do real good to the person that’s loved. We’ve some human abilities to comfort one another, provide for one another, to help one another yet they’re so limited. But although we recognize the inadequacies in our human abilities we know the love of God in our hearts can’t be so limited. God’s love enables us to go far beyond what human love can do. God’s love can fulfill our desires to do real good for those we care about. How do people love each other in heaven? A hug or a kiss seems so paltry in comparison to what love really wants to give. It may be the best we can do down here but it isn’t good enough; it’s not as much as true love really wants to give. In heaven, everybody loves completely and how is that love expressed? Imagine you’re walking down a street and you meet someone that you just gush in affection towards, so this golden wave of love bursts out of you and totally encompasses them and they just stand there going, “Ooooh! It feels so good!” You’ve covered them with your love. It’d be nice to be able to do that, wouldn’t it? And everyone would know they are loved and appreciated completely. God is expanding our concept of what love is. I know love desires to do good for the one who’s loved but now God is asking, “What would you do for the people you love if you had infinite ability?” In answering this we’ll gain an insight into how God loves because He has infinite ability doesn’t He? So what would you do? “Well I’d remove everything from their lives that causes them suffering, discomfort, or torment. I’d want to remove anything that hurts them.” And God responds, “Be more specific.” Of course I’d want to eliminate every kind of disease or disabilities, anything like that. And I’d eliminate death; the ultimate pain. I’d give eternal life to them. But in looking into this more deeply I see that much of the torments in a person’s life comes from within. So often what causes the unpleasantries in life comes out of what you think and how you think. I may be trying to reach out to touch my wife and just tell her I love her but she’s perceiving it as though I want to use her to satisfy my selfish pleasure. She’s not receiving it at all because the thought in her miscomprehends what’s happening in me. And so much of what is painful in life comes out of the wrong thinking in people. So if I really want to do good to someone I love I need to cleanse their thinking. I’d want to get rid of everything that’s a lie or a doubt or is distrustful of God’s or my love. I’d want to make them holy inside so they’d never have any kind of inward torment. I’d also want to get them to where they’d be so loving themselves towards others that there’d never be any need to chasten or correct them because chastening and correction is grievous and I wouldn’t want my loved one to be hurt even by chastenings. Well in God’s discussion with me that’s some of what He showed me about love. If I really love someone I’d want to cleanse that one of everything inside that could cause hurt. And anything inside that would hurt anybody else would ultimately bring hurt back upon them. So that must be cleansed too. And that takes us to Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. (Eph5:25-28) In the past I’d understand this passage as because Jesus wants a glorious church He’s perfecting her. But now I realize He’s perfecting the church because He loves her and anything not perfect in her hurts her. And this is the work of His love to perfect her, to get out everything inside of her that could trouble her. Because you see holiness isn’t just to make God happy but it makes God happy because He loves it when the person who is holy and whom He loves has been set free from inward hurts by holiness. It delights God to see His children have been cleansed from anything harmful inside them. And it’s a delight for God to love people He doesn’t have to chasten anymore. Now He can enjoy blessing them. He can enjoy expressing His love towards them in such a way there isn’t any pain with it. The goal is to get you to the place where He doesn’t have to correct; where He doesn’t have to hurt. And to get you to that place He has to cleanse you. So if I had the infinite power of God to love you the way God loves you I’d shoot a holy ray at you that would get everything out that could in anyway hurt or torment you or cause you to do anything that would bring hurt upon yourself and others. And it would leave you happy, joyful, filled with trust and faith: you’d be somebody who could rejoice in God and God could rejoice in you. And that would be the best, highest gift of love I could give you. And that’s what I’m doing and have been doing for so many years. The Glory of His Grace is that ray of love Jesus and I are shooting at you. And that’s what all this admonishment is about. That’s what all this preaching is about. Washing you in the water of the Word. Getting the things out of you that mess you up, that cause you not to be able to receive our love, God’s love. Getting out all the things in you that make it necessary for you to be chastened and hurt instead of blessed and rewarded. All the things that keep God from being able to fully enjoy you and you able to fully enjoy Him. That’s what all this is about. God does this by sending His holy rays. He does it by sending His Holy Spirit and the Word of God and His apostles and prophets, teaching and cleansing you by the Word. The more He gets the lies, the wrong thinking, the foolish imaginations; the doubts; the fears and the mistakes out of you the happier you can be and the more enjoyment He can receive in blessing you. Now are you learning anything new about love? I’m pursuing love so God shows me more. And He’ll do the same for you if you ask Him. If you’re asking for more love God’s surely going to give it to you otherwise why tell you to pursue it? There’s an expansion waiting for you where God will meet with you and enlarge your understanding and magnify your abilities to have His love perfected in you. And this is what the Spirit is saying to you now. I don’t know any better gift I can give to anybody I love than to give them “perfection.” If God can perfect them they’ll be eternally blessed, they’ll be eternally happy. Perfection is the greatest gift God can give to a human being. Insofar as I am able to contribute to God’s work of perfecting you – that’s the highest calling I can attain to. Of course it’s not a natural work. It’s a work of God. But if I’m to love you effectually I must be praying for God to perfect you and doing all I can to help in that work. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. (Col 1:28-29) Now can you see how this love of God is also the wisdom of God? Man’s love is often very foolish, but Godly love is full of God’s wisdom. To really do the one you love good you must wisely understand what they really need. The foolish love of the world often gives things that are harmful and not wise. “Don’t give me what I need, just make me feel good” describes much of what is thought to be “love” in this world. Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. (Col 4:12) Tell me how much Epaphras loves? He’s doing a work of love; he loves the brethren so much he wants to see them perfect and complete. It’s not a work of pride. It’s not a legal work. But it’s understanding their happiness, their well-being can’t be entire until they’re presented perfect and complete to God. And Epaphras wants them to attain to this. So everything we can do to perfect one another in love; not for any selfish reason, not for prideful reasons but because we love each other; everything we do that helps perfect each other; praying, admonishing, sharing, prophesying; all that pertains to the church’s perfection is our love and it’s Christ’s love in us working towards His bride. The most common criticism we’ve heard against “My Father’s House” is people wrongfully accusing us of not loving. They accuse us of not loving because they perceive love wrongly, as the world loves – to please men, not to really benefit men. Not understanding the love of God they are terribly wicked in their accusations. For in fact we’re doing the very thing that Christ does because He loves, and that is He’s perfecting the saints. And if I love you in the love of God I want you to be perfect. And I will pray for you to be perfect. That’s what Epaphras is doing. That’s what Jesus is doing. Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. (Jms4:11) In other words don’t say to “My Father’s House” “You people don’t love.” You’re speaking evil of us when you say that. You’re speaking evil of the law and you’re judging the law. It’s as if you’re saying “I’m a judge of whether you love or not and you don’t love.” Do you know why they’re doing that? Because if you judge the law you’re not a doer of the law but a judge. They judge because they don’t love. (Jms4:11) Because if they aren’t actually engaged in the perfecting of the brethren, the doing, then they don’t love as Christ loves. But they’ve decided we don’t love because we don’t do what they think we should do to love them. I’m loving you not the way you think I ought to love you or even the way I might think I ought to love you. But I’m loving you the way God shows me I need to love you, which means I’m loving you with God’s love. But they’re selfish and they want to be loved according to their own ideas and not according to God’s ways. So they’re judging us as not being loving because we don’t love them the way they want to be loved. And they’re completely outside of the Spirit and grace of God. Completely selfish; insanely crying “Love me, love me, you’ve got to love me.” And what God is saying is, “That’s not what you should be doing. You should be learning how to love others not telling them how to love you.” Which is what I’m doing. I’m telling you how to love others. And I’m loving others; and that’s plainly manifested in the way I’m working towards their perfection. And I’m preaching and teaching you how to love others effectively in God’s love because your human love doesn’t go far enough. Sometimes human love can make a person feel good temporarily but often it can’t even do that. You can’t cure their sickness, you can’t cure their inner torments or their wrong thinking and such as that. If you want to really help them you must take hold of God’s love on their behalf and intercede so God can do something for them that pertains to their perfection; to cleanse them, make them holy and therefore increase their happiness, their joy and their eternal well-being. So to love with the love of God we’ve got to bring God’s supernatural good into the lives of others. God’s love brings the Holy Spirit into men’s lives and does the work of causing men to be holy like God is holy and therefore happy as God is happy. And if all you get from this teaching is “Now I understand because God loves me, He’s trying to perfect me” you’ve missed the full meaning because that’s just the half of what God is teaching here. He’s also teaching how you must love others in Christ because when we pursue love we’re not pursuing being loved. We’re not pursuing a better understanding of how much I’m loved. Pursuing love is learning how to love, how to be a better blessing to others in expressing the love of God. And that’s what this lesson is about. Although it’s right to understand God loves me and in love He’s trying to perfect me, still you must also see how to love others because that’s the important thing, to rightly love God and to rightly love others. If you love Me, keep My commandments. (Jn14:15) And what is His command? This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (Jn15:12) So how does He love us? He loves us in the way that perfects us. He’s bled and died and He’s preached and taught and He’s prayed and everything He’s done has been a laying down of His life to perfect us, to bring us to the place where we can stand blameless and irreproachable in the presence of God. Now, If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. (Jn15:10) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. (1Jn5:2-3) Prophecy: I give you a word of encouragement. For I know many of you haven’t experienced the love of Christ, the opening up of your heart as it’s been expressed here. But I admonish you, don’t let your affections prevent Me from loving through you. Open up your heart to Me for it’s by My grace I love through you and it’s by My passion that I pray through you. And it’s by My wisdom that I’ll perfect the brethren through you. I tell you, I’ve much grace, much love to be manifested through you. Open up your heart to Me; believe and receive the infilling of My Spirit and My love will be bountifully shed abroad to others through you, saith the Lord. Prophecy: People of “My Father’s House,” the time of your espousal has truly come. You’ve stood up for Me and now I stand up for you. You’ve proven yourself and your love for Me and you are approved, and I’ll show others you’re approved in Christ. And I tell you, you’ve shown yourselves to be sons and daughters of Abraham indeed. You do the works of Abraham therefore you’ll have the blessings of Abraham. I’ll bless those who bless you and I’ll curse those who curse you. Those who stand against you will find they’re as those who contend with the priest and whatever they do to you will come back upon them. They’ll find in trying to hurt you they only hurt themselves and the more they rage against you, the more they themselves will suffer. And those who bless you will find I smile upon them and I’ll bless them. I’ll bring them into the covenant also and I’ll cause them to be sons and daughters to you and brothers and sisters to you. And you shall rejoice as they rejoice that you’re members together of the household of God. For I tell you, this has been My work from the beginning and it will continue to the fulfillment of all I’ve spoken. Every word I’ve promised concerning you shall come to pass and every word I’ve spoken shall be fulfilled. And you shall be the people who see My glory, saith the Lord. (Prophecies delivered at “My Father’s House”)
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