God has
always been about love and is love. He
created Adam and Eve in the image of Him in love, So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27. He so loved the world
that He sent His Only Son to die on the cross so we could receive salvation, For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life John 3:16.
So, why has
it been so hard to love one another and to love ourselves? I am going to put a few things in bullet
points and open it up for discussion.
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From
the creation, man chose to be disobedient, but
of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said,
‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die Genesis 3:3. Taking what you know about fallen man in
the present, we must consider what led up to their disobedience.
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After
the ten plagues, God had Moses lead His people out of Egypt and performed
miracle after miracle in Exodus. Why then, were they wandering in the desert
for forty years? Psalm 106:7-15 gives
us answers, Our fathers in Egypt did
not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your
mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea. 8 Nevertheless He
saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known. 9 He
rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He led them through the depths,
As through the wilderness. 10 He saved them from the hand of him who hated
them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 The waters covered their enemies; There
was not one of them left. 12 Then they believed His words; They sang His
praise. 13 They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, 14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert. 15 And He gave them their request, But, sent leanness (lack of
trust) into their soul.
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God
chose the people of Israel as His chosen people, for you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has
chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples
on the face of the earth Deuteronomy 7:6. What did God say later in
Deuteronomy that shaped a very important love foundation of obedience and
disobedience that pertains to our well-being?
How
important is God’s love?
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God’s
love is our foundation with Abba Father.
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His
love is the love we must convey to our wife and children.
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His
love is our foundation in loving ourselves so we can love others.
What happens
when we disobey God?
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We
become a people of sin as in iniquities (wickedness) and trespasses).
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We
become a people who rely on our own thinking, the thinking of others, and the
world (flesh).
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As
believers, we compromise the Word of God as in false doctrine.
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We
insert our interpretation and before we know it, we become like Israel
wandering in the desert.
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Trusting
in Him is paramount to our health. We
cannot trust fully in the love from man.
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One
very important question we have to ponder is this: Has God ever hurt you ………………………….?
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How
many times has man hurt you? Are you able to overcome these hurts? There is a direct link to emotional and
physical sickness and disease in your life and how it ties into how man
(including self) has treated you over your lifetime.
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Our
past, especially our relationship with man defines who we are in the present. It defines our health, soul (mind/thinking
and emotions), our relationship with others, self, and God. Your love is rooted in circumstances and because
of the hurts, man has quenched your love and God’s love.
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We
have bought into man’s judgment including self-judgement and not by God’s
judgement, Psalm 98:9 For He is coming
to judge the earth. With righteousness He shall judge the world, And the
peoples with equity (justice according to His law).
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We
have allowed man to steal, kill, and destroy our lives mostly by the things
that have come out of their mouths, out
of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing James 3:10. We have bought into
and accepted a lifetime of mankind’s accusations, criticisms, abuses, and the
terrorism of our soul.
Conclusion:
Man, and the
medical field have made sickness and disease so complicated when in fact, it is
very simple. The medical field mostly treats
the symptoms. God will heal your symptoms
caused by sickness and disease. Just
obey Him and His Word and the majority of medical treatments and expenses go
away! Sickness and disease prevention is determining what the root cause of
sickness and disease and trusting God and His Love to heal you. Have you every heard of the phrase “cause and
effect?”
God gave us
two choices in Deuteronomy 28, to obey Him or disobey Him. What He is saying here is, if you love Him
and obey Him, sickness and disease will not be such a big issue in our
lives. He gives us the choice.
Our goal
each and every day is developing a strong over the top relationship with God,
to love Him with our heart, soul, strength (Deuteronomy
7:5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your strength), to trust in Him (Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My
God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold, Psalm 7:1 O Lord my God, in You I put
my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me), and to submit to Him (James 4:7 Therefore submit to God).
We are to hate evil so our soul is not afflicted by the wicked, Psalm 97:10 You who love the Lord, hate
evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of
the wicked.
Ezekiel 33:13 When I say to the
righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and
commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because
of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.
WHAT CHOICE WILL YOU MAKE GOING FORWARD?
Amen
Tony Sanchez 2-9-18
