'The ultimate holiness is love.'
I heard someone say this recently and it hit me right in my spirit so much that I just had to share it here to inspire someone.Love covers a multitude of sin and it is sin that make us unholy. I believe love is the antidote to sin which is why we must love one another to be able to present ourselves holy to God.
The God we serve is holy, there is none as holy as He.In love He made us in His image.
In love He forgives us.
In love He shows us His mercies.
Because
of His love for us, God sent His only Son, Jesus, to die as an atonement
for our sins.
Jesus Christ loved us so much that He sent the Holy Spirit to comfort us and continue to lead us in His truth when He ascended to heaven. He did that just so we may come to know the truth of how loved we all are.
We must never let go of that truth.
We are so loved by God and we must refuse to believe anything less or else.
Hebrews 12:14 encourages us to 'Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.' If we reflect on this verse alongside Mark 12:30-31 which says that we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind and with all our strength, and the second is this: Love your neighbour as yourself.; There is no commandment greater than these.' If we live according to these, we are holy because we live in love, the same love that brought Christ to us.
Jesus Christ loved us so much that He sent the Holy Spirit to comfort us and continue to lead us in His truth when He ascended to heaven. He did that just so we may come to know the truth of how loved we all are.
We are so loved by God and we must refuse to believe anything less or else.
Hebrews 12:14 encourages us to 'Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.' If we reflect on this verse alongside Mark 12:30-31 which says that we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind and with all our strength, and the second is this: Love your neighbour as yourself.; There is no commandment greater than these.' If we live according to these, we are holy because we live in love, the same love that brought Christ to us.
A
lot may be going on around us at the moment to make us question if God truly loves us or if He wants us to really love one another? It is all over the scriptures, the message of love and reminders that it is the greatest thing of all. We must therefore be assured that the Father's love for us will see us through and teach us how to love one another with the highest love - Agape.
Ige.x
The two questions asked in Psalm 24:3 about the person who may ascend the mountain of the Lord and stand in His holy place were answered this way:
- The one with clean hands and a pure heart
- The one who has not lifted his soul to what is false and has not made oaths deceitfully.
My emphasis here will be on the 'pure heart', a heart that knows nothing but love for God and for everyone. EVERYONE.
If we can put a tick✅ against the pure heart, I assure you we are on our way towards working out the remaining conditions on that list because love will help us to keep our hands clean and make us honourable.
Without holiness no man can see God; We will love one another so that we may see God.
Love always
Love always
Ige.x