Miraculous Power Of God's Love

"The Miraculous Power Of God's Amazing Love!!!"

SCRIPTURE TEXT: John 3:16; Romans 8:38,39: I John 4:8

John 3:16

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish (to be eternally separated from God), but have everlasting life."

Romans 8:38, 39

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

I John 4: 8

"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."

Today's message is one of the most important subjects, found in the Bible, which is God's Amazing Love!!!" It can not be bottled to be sold and can not be put into a vault or safe for just a few people to examine or possess. The Bible says, that "God Is Love (I John 4:8). God's Love is for "Whosoever Will!!!" Those people, that will receive God's gift of eternal life and then, be instantly changed forever into a born-again child of God (II Corinthians 5:17-21 7 Rev. 22;16,17).

God's "LOVE" is stronger than any "HATE", that the Devil stirs up in peoples lives!!! I have seen and felt the "Love of God" through the Lord Jesus Christ in my personal life, but I have also seen the "Hate (Pure Evil)" in the actions of others. The choice is very simple, choose love over hate everyday in your life. When you choose to allow God's Amazing "LOVE" to control your life daily, your life will be surrounded by the presence of the Lord as you trust in Him (Proverbs 3:5,6)!!! Always seek to have a pure heart before Almighty God and walk in the life that you have been given, with an anointing presence of the Lord Jesus Christ with you!!! Life in this world as a Christian, is like a bed of roses (Yes, we have the beautiful flower blossoms, that bloom, with their pleasant fragrance of smells, but we also have the thorns that prick our body and cause us to bleed)!!! I have told many people in my life, "The more of God's Holy Word (The JKV Bible -English Version), that we absorb in our life through reading & meditation will produce more of "Christ" controlling our actions & words in our body!!!" LET US ALWAYS "FOLLOW WHAT GOD SAYS," MUCH MORE THAN AN OPINION, THAT IS NOT BASED UPON "GOD'S HOLY BIBLE" (2 Timothy 3:16,17)!!!

For me, I strive to live my life to Praise, to Obey, to Honor and to Please the Lord Jesus Christ everyday of my life!!! Joyfully, as "Christ's Loving Servant," I have just started my 6th decade of service to the "King of Kings" & "Lord of Lords!!!" "God's Love", that is shown to all mankind is what the world & our small community needs today. In John 3:16, we see that "God's Love" was shown to "WHOSOEVER", not to any particular race of people (seen on the outside), but to ONLY ONE RACE - THE HUMAN RACE!!! God fulfilled "His Love" to all by the "Death & Resurrection" of His Only Begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ!!! If we will only surrender ourselves to Jesus Christ, then our chains of sin & penalty of death (Separation from God) will be defeated & conquered by the "Love of God" seen by the shedding of Christ's blood on the Cross Of Calvary!!! Hallelujah, Christ created us as beautiful flowers in the garden with various colors to beautify the world that He created for His acceptance (Colossians 1:16)!!!

*** CONCERNING THE POWER OF LOVE OVER HATE: I knew a man, that brutally murdered a man in cold-blood. He was sentenced to die and was executed by the "Electric Chair." Newspapers and TV stations gave these basic facts to their readers and viewers, but as Paul Harvey (One of the greatest & admired of all news commentators) once said, "Here's The Rest Of The Story!!!" Although, his heart was full of hate and his mind was being manipulated by Satan at the time, approximately three months before he was to be executed, he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. His life totally changed and he glorified Christ while on Death-Row. I am eternally grateful to the Lord for allowing me to share the message of God's Salvation to him on "Death-Row." On the night of his execution, he was ready to meet his Lord face to face. As I escorted him part of the way to the "Electric Chair" for execution, we talked for just a moment. Though he was very sorry for his actions of murder, he was so thankful for the forgiveness, that he received from his Lord, Jesus Christ (The Final Judge Of All Of Our Lives). When I turned him over to another officer to escort him the rest of the way, he had a smile on his face. Because of God's Great Love, I believe, that I will see him again in Heaven one day. ***THAT'S HOW GREAT, GOD'S LOVE IS TO ALL MANKIND!!!" As it has been said before, "GOD REACHED DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO THE GUTTERMOST AND LIFTED US UP TO THE UTTERMOST!!!" If there was ever a first inspiring & defining moment in my life, in which I witnessed with my own eyes the life-changing love & power of God, this was it!!! Hallelujah, we serve a GREAT & LOVING GOD!!!

When you or anyone refuses to forgive those that may have offended you in any way, that is a form of "Deep Bitterness" or "Hate." *** YOU BECOME ENSLAVED TO YOUR SIN OF UNFORGIVENESS!!! Have you ever offended someone and wanted them to forgive you for what you did to them? You are being a hypocrite, when you can't forgive someone that offends you. Aren't you so happy & thankful, that Jesus Christ forgave you of your sins past, present & future on the Cross Of Calvary? I know, that I am so very thankful, that my sins were forgiven at the moment of my salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ and that I can come and seek forgiveness any time throughout my life, when I have failed Him!!! Hate & bitterness will destroy your spirit and your body. It is also a "SIN," that will prevent your prayers from being answered by God (Psalms 66:18). I like what the great preacher Dr. Bob Jones Sr. once said, "Do right, even if the stars fall, just do right!!!"

Ephesians 4:26,27

"Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath: neither give place to the devil."

***You can be angry when offended (Having Righteous Anger- like when you hear from a doctor that your child has cancer), but sin not!!! Give your "Anger," concerning any situation to the Lord Jesus Christ before you go to sleep at night or this anger could last a life-time!!! Never let Satan take control of your anger, but place it into the hands of the Lord!!!

IN CONCLUSION: We either have the "Love Of God" in us or we don't have it!!! We are either "With God" or "Without God" in our life!!! There is NO HALF-WAY with God, you either "ARE" or you "ARE NOT" with God!!! WHY NOT WALK THROUGH LIFE WITH JESUS CHRIST BY YOUR SIDE AND LATER INTO ETERNITY WITH HIM, THAN BEING CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE, WHEN YOUR TIME ON EARTH IS PAST (Revelation 20: 15)!!! Here is what the Bible says in the following scripture verses about "God's Miraculous Power Of God's Love":

I Corinthians 13: 4-7 (*** The word "Love" replaces the word "Charity" in these verses, because it has the same meaning.)

"Love suffereth long, and is kind, love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemingly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

I Corinthians 13: 13

"And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three: but the greatest of these is love."

*** "God's Simple Plan Of Salvation:

To possess or to have God's Love in your life, we must accept & receive God's Gift Of Eternal Life by Grace (The Un-Merited or Un-Earned Love of God) THROUGH 100% FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST as our PERSONAL LORD & SAVIOR (Ephesians 2: 8,9)!!!

Romans 3: 23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth (showed) his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Romans 6: 23 "...But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Romans 10:9, 10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

2 Corinthians 7:10 "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation..."

Romans 10: 13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Ephesians 2: 8, 9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."

HALLELUJAH!!! "JESUS CHRIST IS LORD (Philippians 2: 9 -11)!!!"

"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father."

*** "JESUS SAVES (Acts 4:12)!!!"

"Neither is their salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

"TRUST JESUS AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD & SAVIOR BEFORE IT IS EVERLASTING TOO LATE!!!

2 Corinthians 6:2 says "...Behold, now is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation."

"AMEN!!!"

The End!!!

***By Evangelist Rev. Clifford M. Smith