The love of Christ compels me by Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce

Weekly Message: The love of Christ compels me                                          3222018

by Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce Christian Arts Ministries: Biblical Precepts & Gospel Music  

 The love of Christ compels me, not live unto myself but unto Christ who died for me.   Christian marriage vows will be established firmly, when the couple allow the love of Christ to intervene each stage, conflict and decision. Word of God is the lamp of their feet and light of their path. The sword of spirit will penetrate their mind and Spirit. To deny self, take cross, and live a life unto the Lord. God’s divine power strengthens the covenant and enable them to take care of each other. Once one willingly practices obedience, declares “As me and my household will serve the Lord and prays without ceasing in daily basis. Holy Spirit will act in exulting, encouraging, comforting one’s heart.  And modifies the decision that had made in flesh. Once one’s mind controlled by the Spirit, speaks the words of life,  and acknowledges Christ is head of household, let go the “self” and let “Christ” to be the central, the peace will be restored. Always pray together, and read the Word of God to your love one, a saved wife may save the unsaved husband by her obedience and submissive deeds to the Lord. For salvation reaches to a family, one saved, all families will be saved.  “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians1:19.

True faith in Christ, he or she will seek His face, leans on His strength, looks upon the Christ on the cross, and reminds self the meaning of crucifixion, and sacrificial love. Then, an obedience heart will choose to live a life to glorify the Lord, not for self. And inner man will resound a voice says, “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (2 Corinthians5:14-15). In Chinese literary says, “原來基督的愛困迫我們...牠替眾人死是叫那些活著的人,不再像自己活,乃向那替他們死而復活者活” (2 corinthians5:14-15).

My friends, have you ever had experienced that love of Christ compels you to love someone for God’s glory without reasoning and murmuring. As brother Nee Tuo Sheng’s letter expressed as follows,

Brother Nee Tuo Sheng’s letter implicitly expressed his love and sacrifice for Christ was beyond and above.

Indeed, true love is sacrificial love, and never vindicate for self, nor count for self how much or how many things have done for Christ. And served the Lord without being noticed, nor be honored or be announced. Truth faith in Christ is to endure all things and forsake all things for Christ, and aware that God will wipe away all the secret tears. To be perfect as father and pursue the fullness life in Christ until mutuality, knowing that there will be a new man with a new name in New Jerusalem.

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. " (2 Corinthians 1:22).Therefore, my friends, let us keep encouraging each other. 原來基督的愛困迫我們 ...  牠替眾人死是叫那些活著的人,不再像自己活乃向那替他們死而復活著活”. " For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."(2 Corinthians5:14-15). As Apostle’s encouragement in Roman 8:31-39, it says,
“For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called those he called, he also justified those he justified he also glorified. (Rom.8:29-30). What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has Chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died more than that, who was raised to life is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written, “For your sake, we face death all day long, we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Chris Jesus our Lord.” (Roman8:31-39).

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