Love Begins With You
The subject Love Begins With You can be attributed to John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
Today is the Sabbath day, many of us will enter into the House of God for the purpose of worshiping and praising
God. Many of us will carry unforgiveness, hatred, lust, bigotry, racism, idolatry, whoredom, filthy lucre, etc. Yet, love
begins with you. You must first realize that Jesus Christ died and crucified the aforementioned sins that we may
inherit eternal life. Eternal life is in Christ Jesus.
As we grace the pews or the Pulpit today, let us examine ourselves, and see what type of love we are carrying, is it
eros (love because of family ties, bloodlines, dependency, etc.), is it phileo (love that brothers and sisters should
have for each other as Christians in the churches, in their homes, on their jobs, and most of all in our hearts), or is it
agape (love is spite of)? Jesus Christ made a one-time sacrifice for us by entering into the holies of holies, sprinkling
His blood on the Mercy Seat, thereby opening the Covenant of Grace and Mercy. Love begins with you.
Greater love has no man, but to lay down his life for a friend. Jesus Christ is that friend that sticks closer than a
brother. When trials and tribulations enter into your life, and you do not seem to know the way out, always look to the
hills, whence cometh your help (love) and God is always there. Love begins with you.
None of us have experienced a whipping all night long, none of us have endured cruel mockings in public, none of
us have been spat on, none of us has had a crown of thorns placed on our head, none of us have been pierced on
our side, none of has had nails placed through our wrists and feet for someone else's disobedience to God. Yet,
God though it not robbery to come in the likeness of sinful flesh to condemn sin in the flesh. What a loving God!
Remember, how can you love God, whom you have not seen, when you cannot love and serve your brother whom
you do see? Some of us think that Jesus died only for Christians, not so. He died for all of humanity, but you must
believe and allow the love that He showed on the Cross to enter into your heart. "Love begins with you"