The Love Issue There is only one issue to the New Creation, and that is Walking in Love. There is only one law that governs the New Creation, and that is the law of Love. There is one commandment given, the commandment of Love. John 13:34-35, A new commandment I give unto you that ye love one another, even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one for another. The one problem that the New Creation confronts is given to us in Philippians 2:5-6, Have this mind in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of man, and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the Cross. He makes known to us here that He expects the New Creation to be of the same mind that Christ has. This reveals a complete Redemption. The Omnipotent God of the universe is saying, I have so completely redeemed you from sin, weakness, disease, circumstances, and all the workings of the Adversary, that I expect you to be of the same mind as my Son. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. He is saying, I want you to think as My Son thinks. I want you to be like Him; to live as He would live if He were in your place, to act as He would act, to be what He would be. Have this mind in you that was in Christ Jesus. This is the issue that the New Creation faces. The mind of Christ was the love attitude. We know what love is through the Revelation of His life. I John 3:16, Hereby we know love, because He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the Brethren. He existed in the form of God. All that God was, He was. He was the very image of His substance. Hebrews 1:3. He thought as God thought. He lived as God lived. He loved as God loved. He existed in the form of God. He was so utterly one with God that He said to Philip, He that hath seen me hath seen the Father (John 14:9). He is really saying, Philip, during the three years that you have been with me you have seen the Father, the very substance of His nature. In my actions you have seen the Fathers actions; in my words you have heard the Fathers words; in me you have seen the Father, for we are one. He existed in the form of God. All the word God means, He was. He lived on an absolute equality with Him. Our minds cannot grasp the meaning of the word God, for our minds are the work of His mind and His hands; but the heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handiwork. We study the Universe around us, conscious of the fact that it is his handiwork. The greatness of the Universe is beyond our comprehension. We cannot fathom the distance of stars that are quintillions of miles away. We know that the Creator of this handiwork is greater. We know that in the domain of the invisible atom there is manifested the same intelligent order that rules the Universe of stars. We know that the Creator is as intelligent as the intelligent order of Creation. The Universe contains personal beings who think, feel, love, suffer, choose and determine. We know that the Creator of personal beings must be as personal. The word God means that to us. All that it means, He is. He is a God of love, and love compelled Him to do the following: He emptied Himself of his glory. He took the form of a servant, He who was equal to God. He was found in the fashion and likeness of man. He exchanged the form of God for the form of a man. He, the Creator, took the form of His own handiwork; He, the Creator, emptied and limited Himself to the extent that He lived and walked on His own Creation. He through whom this vast, limitless, measureless Universe had been created, took up His abode upon this small planet, our earth. Then, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, yea, the death of the Cross. Then, He, who was as holy as God was, as untouched by sin as He, became sin. II Corinthians 5:21. This Divine suffering caused by Christs becoming sin is unique. It has no analogy. We cannot measure it by anything with which we are acquainted. The sin of Adam, the sin-nature that passed upon all men, all its horribleness, penetrates the heart of God, Himself. Basic Bible Course.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:00:01 +0000
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