FEBRUARY 01 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#02 “For if you love those who love you, what reward have you …and if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others?” (Matthew 5:46-47)
LIVING FOR JESUS Daily Prayer
JESUS, oh how sweet the Name, oh how precious is the privilege to call on the Name Jesus and to know that You hear. Lord, to come to You with all that we have and to be able to drop it into the very Blood of Sacrifice that You shed for me on Calvary! Oh what Joy and the Peace of being able to leave them with You!
Jesus, I will continually praise Your Name even in all circumstances for Your Love and Mercy never changes and I am now able to catch a glimpse of how great is Romans 8:28, for the more I love You, the more I can praise You and even our worldly pains can bring us Your Peace. Forgive me my sins, all my sins known and unknown to me, that I may serve and love You better. AMEN
THE JESUS QUESTIONS
JESUS tells us in JQ#01 how important it is that we consider others before our selfish worldly desires and then in JQ#02 He is Teaching us that the greatest way to imitate God is to “Love others as God has loved us!” So let us look at this passage in Matthew 5:43-48 and answer the Question(s) Jesus asked about “LOVE” in Matthew 5:46-47. There are 4 separate Questions asked successively that ask the same thing from different angels and because all 4 questions ask the same Question they are obviously making a single point; let’s examine the Question(s) and then seek to answer them relative to “context”.
JQ#2A & B: “For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?” (Matthew 5:46) JQ#2C &D “And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?” (Matthew 5:46)
The first thing that jumped out at me was the theme of “LOVE” and “doing for others” that is obvious in this passage. In Matthew 5:43 Jesus repeated a popular Teaching when He makes the statement: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’” (Matthew 5:43) in which Jesus addresses both “love” and “hate”. He concludes His Teachings in this last section at the end of a great Teaching chapter by Teaching about the importance of “LOVE” and included in His “LOVE” Lesson is a very Personal Lesson: “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” (Matthew 5:44)
What I personally got out of this section is that Jesus by adding this section on “LOVE” is trying to convey to us how we should view God, improve ourselves, and develop a proper perspective on how to treat our “brethren”. It is important in our seeking to understand God that we understand the importance that God Himself places on “LOVING OTHERS”.
We need go no further than John 3:16, (and there is a “Divine” reason that almost everyone can quote John 3:16) which starts: “For God so loved…” and it states the extent of His “LOVE” for “the world” (the context of this verse establishes the world as mankind and His original physical creation) His “LOVE” was demonstrated by His willingness to give “His only begotten Son” so that fallen man could be redeemed and inherit “eternal life”. When we consider that God’s motivation for our Salvation was driven by “LOVE” then we do get a glimpse of how important and what a big, big part that “LOVE” plays in God’s Plan of Salvation!
One could conclude that “LOVE” is the key to “everlasting life”! Everyone should read the book of John to get a true appreciation of the importance of “LOVE” in every thing God does for us and in everything He asks us to do for others. Study again these questions in Matthew 5:46-47 in the context of God’s “LOVE” and the importance of God placing on us His Command to “love one another”! Why do you think that God chose “tax collectors” to drive His point home to us?
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THE PATRIOT’S PULPIT
Comment: 2/1/24 Thursday 4:42A - Good Morning Patriots. And the “news” coming in from our “digital soldiers” from around the world is so encouraging, there are so many Patriots that have finally seen the “light” and are fighting to free themselves from the global tyranny that has literally engulfed the entire planet. There of course is no news coming out of the mainstream media because that is all propaganda and with so many “little people” standing up to the globalist bullies, the mainstream media cannot put out enough “false news” to stop the flow of Patriots that are flooding in the streets and byways and saying “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” and everyone wants their country back! The whole “no borders” and “no nations” attack on our individual freedoms has finally reached a tipping point and it is either stand up and fight or bend over and let them violate us with our permission. In reality the rape of our freedoms has been up to this point rape because we have not given our consent but now that we know what they are doing to us, if we don’t object then we are effectively giving our “consent” and that is what is not setting well with Patriots world wide! We know they are screwing over our lives and freedoms and we no longer give them permission to violate us. The tide is turning and it is an uphill battle but Patriots have reached that point that a little pain is accepted because we are not fighting for selfish reasons but are defending our God-given rights to life and liberty and the more we acknowledge God and His Goodness as the basis for making moral decisions, the braver we get and the more resources God will send our way to assist us in our fight for others and honor for ourselves! Keep up the Good Fight and Keep the FAITH — God Wins in the End. It will be worth all the effort because what we will walk away with is more valuable than gold and silver and more precious than any material possession for we will have become truly FREE in our soul and ETERNAL IN OUR LOVE!!!
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