RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY
DEVOTIONAL:::::::::::::::
IT'S YOUR NATURE TO LOVE!...!
WEDNESDAY-:¤30TH-:¤APRIL-:¤2014
WITH*«PASTOR ANITA OYAKHILOME*»
A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have
loved you, that ye also love one
another {John 13:34}.
In the Old Testament, God gave the
Israelites several commandments,
which they had to obey as a condition
for enjoying the blessings of the
covenant. However, when Jesus came,
He brought in a new ommandment,
which is love. He said, "A new
commandment I give unto you, That
ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one
another" (John 13:34). He gave this
commandment before His crucifixion.
He commanded His disciples to love
one another because love, for them,
was an outside force. Thus, He had to
give them a law to walk in love.
But then, the Bible tells us something
striking in 1 Timothy 1:9, that "…the
law is not made for a righteous man,
but for the lawless and disobedient, for
the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy
and profane, for murderers of fathers
and murderers of mothers, for
manslayers...." Now, after giving His
disciples the love commandment, He
proceeded to die on the cross for us,
and God raised Him back to life. "…
Thou art my Son, today have I
begotten thee" (Hebrews 5:5). Today,
everyone who believes in Him receives
eternal life, and becomes a new
creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).
In Him, we’ve been made the
righteousness of God (2 Corinthians
5:21), so the law isn’t applicable to us
because it was made for the
unrighteous, but we are righteous. By
making us new creations, He made it
possible for us to receive the Holy
Spirit, and the Bible says, "…the love
of God is shed abroad in our hearts by
the Holy Ghost which is given unto
us" (Romans 5:5). Love isn’t alien to
us; it’s not an outside force; it’s our
nature to love.
If you’re born again, you’re born of
love; the Father has deposited His love
in your heart; therefore, you can love
the same way He does, for it’s your
nature to love.
PRAYER::::::}
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for
your blessed Word and its power in my
life. Thank you for your love-nature in
me, which makes it natural for me to
walk in love and manifest your love to
others, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY::::::
John 15:12(KJV)
12This is my commandment, That ye
love one another, as I have loved you
(GNT)
12 My commandment is this: love one
another, just as I love you.
(AMP)
12 This is My commandment: that you
love one another [just] as I have loved
you.
Romans 13:10(KJV)
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour:
therefore love is the fulfilling of the
law.
(GNT)
10 If you love others, you will never do
them wrong; to love, then, is to obey
the whole Law.
(AMP)
10 Love does no wrong to one’s
neighbor [it never hurts anybody].
Therefore love meets all the
requirements and is the fulfilling of the
Law.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING PLAN»
1 Year Bible Reading Plan:
2 Samuel 7-8; Luke 23:50-24:1-12
2 Year Bible Reading Plan:
1 Corinthians 1:22-31; Psalm 141-142
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