Hi Dears,Praise The Lord....... (Please give me 5mts to read this)) Third World War! Reading: 1 Corinthians 13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels...though I have the gift of prophecy...but have not love, I am nothing (1 Cor 13:1,2) A Christian without love for others is a contradiction. The acid test for rebirth is love for others (1 Jn 4:17; 3:14). When Jesus saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them (Mt 9:36). Our ministry to people must be motivated by pure and selfless love. It is possible to donate all our belongings to feed the poor or give our body to be burnt without love (1 Cor 13:3). This will profit nothing! Apostle Paul wrote about two types of preachers of the Gospel— one who preached with envy and strife and the other out of love (Phil 1:15-17). Shall we check our motive in the ministry? Is it to gain popularity, power and penny? Are we interested in shining without burning? A candle reduces and decreases by burning. John was a burning and shining light. His motto was I must decrease! Paul belongs to the same category. He confessed, I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls (2 Cor 12:15). Preachers should not consider people as cows to be milked but lambs to be fed. The gifts of the Spirit do not operate these days to the extent they are talked about, because love is missing. Love is the lubricant and without it there is too much of noise and too little accomplishment. If faith is the foundation, love is the superstructure (Eph 4:16). Foundation is important but men use superstructure only! Evangelism without opposition is unheard of. We are to bless those who oppose and persecute us (Mt 5:44). The pattern is God the Father who gives sunshine and showers both to the good and to the evil (v45). We are given His Spirit of Love to face the persecutors (2 Tim 1:7,8). There is a war between preachers all over the world. I call this the Third World War! The Bible warns us, If you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another (Gal 5:15). God is calling us for a total disarmament. If we are primarily concerned about souls and burdened with deep love for their salvation, there will be no place for competition. It matters not who pounds the paddy provided it becomes rice! Each minister of the Gospel is precious to God. Lets handle one another with care! Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that Above! (John Fawcett, 1740-1817, whose essay on Anger was a favourite of King George III ) Author,Pr.R.Stanley(from,stanleyonbible)
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:03:53 +0000
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