Transformation__February_2018
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<strong>Transformation</strong> 8<br />
with the love of God if we do<br />
not love God first. Watch this<br />
One of the teachers of the law<br />
came and heard them<br />
debating. Noticing that Jesus<br />
had given them a good<br />
answer, he asked him, “Of all<br />
the commandments, which is<br />
the most important?” “The<br />
most important one,”<br />
answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear,<br />
O Israel: The Lord our God, the<br />
Lord is one. Love the Lord<br />
your God with all your heart<br />
and with all your soul and<br />
with all your mind and with<br />
all your strength.’ The second<br />
is this: ‘Love your neighbor as<br />
yourself.’ There is no<br />
commandment greater than<br />
these”(Mark 12:28-31).<br />
According to the above<br />
scripture, we are to love God<br />
first and then our neighbors as<br />
ourselves. Our love for one<br />
another therefore, must stem<br />
out of our love for God. Thus, our<br />
service to God and one another must<br />
be borne out of love – love for<br />
God, oneself and others.<br />
Loving God is a sacrifice we all<br />
have to make. It is about giving<br />
yourself up for Him and to Him. It<br />
is about loving God with your<br />
whole being – all that you are and<br />
have. Your whole being must be<br />
dedicated to Him.<br />
Therefore, I urge you,<br />
brothers and sisters, in view<br />
of God’s mercy, to offer your<br />
bodies as a living sacrifice,<br />
holy and pleasing to<br />
God—this is your true and<br />
proper worship (Romans<br />
12:1).<br />
This is not an easy thing to do; it<br />
is a price we must pay. The<br />
sacrifice that is acceptable to God<br />
is a whole sacrifice and Agape<br />
love and sacrifice go together.<br />
Some of us claim to love to love<br />
God but we only do it partly. >>>
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