“…MAY THE LORD MAKE YOUR LOVE INCREASE AND OVERFLOW…SO…YOU WILL BE BLAMELESS AND HOLY IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR GOD AND FATHER WHEN OUR LORD JESUS COMES WITH ALL HIS HOLY ONES.” (1 Thess. 3:7, 10-13)
Just why is it so important for our love to increase and overflow? Because, “…we know and rely on the love God has for us. GOD IS LOVE. WHOEVER LIVES IN LOVE LIVES IN GOD, AND GOD IN THEM.” (1 John 4:16) OK, So, just how Signiant is this Love of God? “For GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love DOES NOT KNOW GOD, for God is love.” (1 John 4:7-8)
THIS AWESOMELY POWERFUL LOVE WILL KEEP US FROM GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE…
-Bill Stockham