THE REALITY OF INSANE LOVE

Saints, we must not be deceived or disillusioned: Everyone we know who has not submitted to the Lordship of Jesus is, at this very moment, lost and hell bound. Our life, to serve its divine purpose, must be the light and salt of the unabridged Gospel of Jesus Christ, if it is to drive away the darkness of life in this fallen world and flavor the lonely hearted with the love of Jesus. We cannot... we dare not, soften the hard truth of people standing on the precipice of hell’s fire – in grave danger of eternal separation from God -- thinking an abridged gospel will be more readily received. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the reality of insane love enduring horrendous judgment to make available an indescribable gift for the few who are willing to give up what they cannot keep in order to acquire what they cannot buy. The Holy God of Justice and Love has done His part: He has purchased us with the precious blood of His Beloved Son… blood of incalculable value. But God has placed freewill in the deal, taking possession of only those purchased possessions who want Him above all... want to be His children... want to be possessed... want to obediently serve Him in this life and the next. Few will accept this free offer of God’s great grace. Our job is not to reason with the lost, thereby attempting to bring divine understanding to the natural mind, for this is utterly impossible. The natural mind does not and cannot understand the things of God. No, our job is to make clear the unconditional love… the indescribable love... the relentless love demonstrated by God on the Cross of His Beloved Son. God became man for no other purpose then to draw men into Christ... into Himself, through this ultimate sacrifice, for “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.”  We must share the horrendous sacrifice of the Cross and the free gift of eternal salvation it entails at every opportunity, allowing the Spirit of the living God to do His job in drawing people to the call of the Father, “For the love of Christ compels us…”

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him (Jesus) should not perish but have everlasting life … I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me ... No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him … unless it has been granted to him by My Father … And I, when I (Jesus) am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself … If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Father God has “granted” salvation to “whoever believes in Him”, whosoever believes and confesses Jesus as their resurrected Lord. God draws us to Himself… to His Beloved Son, through the Cross of “No Greater Love.” It is how we are called into relationship, made a part of His royal family, and given the opportunity to live with Him forever. It is the power of insane love…

“THE LOVE OF CHRIST COMPELS US”

(Jn. 14:6, 6:44,65, 15:13; 12:32; 2 Cor. 5:14,19; Rom. 10:9)

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