JESUS DESK

JESUS LOVES YOU AND ME

    The love that God (the Creator of all things) has for mankind seems beyond human perception. God created man and placed him in a perfect environment. But man rebelled against God and sinned. He would not obey God. He would not let God reign over him. Thus sin has reigned from the time that Adam sinned. All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.
   The question then arises, YE SERPENTS, YE GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YE ESCAPE THE DAMNATION OF HELL?-Mt 23:33. For THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH-Ro 6:23.

2-GOD’S LOVE PROVIDED A WAY OF ESCAPE

    There is a way of escaping hell or eternal death. As it is written, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE-Jn 3:16.
   HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON HATH EVERLASTING LIFE: AND HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE; BUT THE WRATH OF GOD ABIDETH ON HIM-Jn 3:36. (The word "believe," as used here, means a total uncompromising commitment of love and obedience.)
   Jesus Christ died a horrible death so that you can have forgiveness of all your sins, no matter how bad they are. A person never needs to go to hell, if they receive, by faith, the forgiveness and love that God offers through Jesus Christ, His Son. This is an offer God gives you.
   In order for our sin debt to be paid, Jesus Christ (God’s only begotten Son) had to come to this earth in human form. He was made under the Law. He became flesh and dwelt among us. He was not under the curse of sin from Adam as his Father was God in heaven. He was born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life. He taught for about 3 ½ years. He raised the dead, healed the sick, and taught things that had been hidden from the beginning. He did only good. Yet He was ridiculed and tempted in all ways as we are. Then when His time was come He was arrested, beaten, condemned, and hung on the cross. His appearance was so disfigured that the Scriptures describe it as worse than any man. His beard was ripped off his face. He had a crown of thorns embedded on his head. One can only imagine how His face must have swelled and been a bloody mess. It is a miracle that He could even speak. The pain must have been excruciating.
   Who could depict such a thing! God, in His love, came to this earth in human form to die at the hands of the very people He created, so that those who would trust in Him and Him alone might have eternal life and unspeakable joy for eternity.
   Man has a rebellious nature, especially against the things of God. No person has to teach a child to lie. Rather a child has to be taught to do right. Man is very self-centered. He is selfish. Each person usually looks at himself as the center of the universe. People traditionally do what is right in their own eyes, not in the eyes of a Holy God.
   Thus, man needed a Savior. Man needed someone to pay his sin debt. That Savior was God Himself. He paid that sin debt. However those that reject His love and sacrifice have no forgiveness of their sins. They are doomed to perish for eternity for rejecting the love of God. They will die in their sin.
   He calls us out of sin and darkness so we can understand the Scriptures. He saves us.
   But that is not all. Once we receive Jesus Christ as our only hope of salvation, we need to hear and (if we can read) we need to study God’s Word. We need to learn about God and what He expects of us. God gives us His Spirit. But, in all cases, when we believe God is telling us to do this or that or go here or there, we need to search the Scriptures to see if it is correct.
   Once we begin to follow Jesus by giving Him our lives, we sometimes begin to go astray. He then, in His love, corrects us with chastisements. Rev 3:19-AS MANY AS I LOVE, I REBUKE AND CHASTEN: BE ZEALOUS THEREFORE, AND REPENT. In other words, we may get spanked in some way. This can come in many ways, such as finances, sickness, problems, or something unexpected. We need to continually examine ourselves to see if we are doing the will of God according to His Word.
   As we walk with God and do those things which are pleasing in His sight we can expect many problems to occur. We can expect unexpected sufferings. We can expect to be persecuted by loved ones, employers, and strangers. We can expect to be unjustly accused of unbelievable things. We can expect to be tempted in ways we might never think of. Through all of this our faith will be tested to see if it is genuine. God has already proven His love for us. Now our love for God will be tested. The Scriptures tell us that, by the fear of God, men depart from evil. Will we continue to follow God no matter what, or will we go back to following Satan? God, in His love, will be with us no matter what we go through.
   God has ordained from even before the foundation of the earth some way in which to serve Him. He has some form of work for all of His people to do. But before our service, should come study, study, and more study. We need to dwell in God’s Word and learn, so that we do not sin against Him. We need to be a doer of the Word and not a hearer only. Then, finally, when the end has come for each of us, we will forever be with Jesus. Not only will we escape eternal death (the lake of fire), but we have eternal life. And even more than this —note the words: 1 Cor 2:9-BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM.
   Who can understand the love of God? Who can understand that God sent Jesus to pay the sin debt of a sinful, stubborn and rebellious people. It is written: Jn 3:16-FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. The very essence of God is love.
   God demonstrates His overwhelming love for us in that Jesus died for us—He took on Himself our deserved punishment—so that we might have life and have it abundantly. There is also much in the Bible about us loving God, loving our brothers in Christ, and even loving our enemies.

    1 Jn 3:16-HEREBY PERCEIVE WE THE LOVE OF GOD, BECAUSE HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US: AND WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE BRETHREN.

    Ro 5:8-BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT, WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.

    1 Jn 4:10, 11-HEREIN IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD, BUT THAT HE LOVED US, AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS. BELOVED, IF GOD SO LOVED US, WE OUGHT ALSO TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

    Eph 5:2-AND WALK IN LOVE, AS CHRIST ALSO HATH LOVED US, AND HATH GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US AN OFFERING AND A SACRIFICE TO GOD FOR A SWEETSMELLING SAVOUR.

    Eph 5:25-HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT;

    Gal 2:20-I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST: NEVERTHELESS I LIVE; YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME.

    Jn 14:21-HE THAT (1) HATH MY COMMANDMENTS, AND (2) KEEPETH THEM, HE IT IS THAT LOVETH ME: AND HE THAT LOVETH ME SHALL BE LOVED OF MY FATHER, AND I WILL LOVE HIM, AND WILL MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM.

    Jn 14:23-JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, IF A MAN LOVE ME, HE WILL KEEP MY WORDS: AND MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM, AND WE WILL COME UNTO HIM, AND MAKE OUR ABODE WITH HIM.

    Jn 15:13, 14-GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. YE ARE MY FRIENDS, IF YE DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU.

    Jn 3:16-FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.

    Rev 1:5-AND FROM JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS THE FAITHFUL WITNESS, AND THE FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD, AND THE PRINCE OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. UNTO HIM THAT LOVED US, AND WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD.

    Rev 3:9-BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN, WHICH SAY THEY ARE JEWS, AND ARE NOT, BUT DO LIE; BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM TO COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE THY FEET, AND TO KNOW THAT I HAVE LOVED THEE.

    Ro 5:5-AND HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED; BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO US.

    1 Jn 4:19-WE LOVE HIM, BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.

    1 Jn 4:16-AND WE HAVE KNOWN AND BELIEVED THE LOVE THAT GOD HATH TO US. GOD IS LOVE; AND HE THAT DWELLETH IN LOVE DWELLETH IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM.

    1 Jn 4:8-HE THAT LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD; FOR GOD IS LOVE.

    1 Tim 1:14-AND THE GRACE OF OUR LORD WAS EXCEEDING ABUNDANT WITH FAITH AND LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.

    2 Cor 13:11-FINALLY, BRETHREN, FAREWELL. BE PERFECT, BE OF GOOD COMFORT, BE OF ONE MIND, LIVE IN PEACE; AND THE GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE SHALL BE WITH YOU.

    2 Cor 13:14-THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY GHOST, BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.

    2 Cor 5:14-FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINETH US; BECAUSE WE THUS JUDGE, THAT IF ONE DIED FOR ALL, THEN WERE ALL DEAD:

    2 Thes 2:16-NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, AND GOD, EVEN OUR FATHER, WHICH HATH LOVED US, AND HATH GIVEN US EVERLASTING CONSOLATION AND GOOD HOPE THROUGH GRACE.

    2 Tim 1:13-HOLD FAST THE FORM OF SOUND WORDS, WHICH THOU HAST HEARD OF ME, IN FAITH AND LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.

    Eph 2:4-BUT GOD, WHO IS RICH IN MERCY, FOR HIS GREAT LOVE WHEREWITH HE LOVED US.

    Eph 3:19-AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE, THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD.

    Jn 13:34-A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, THAT YE ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

    Jn 15:9, 10-AS THE FATHER HATH LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE. IF YE KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, YE SHALL ABIDE IN MY LOVE; EVEN AS I HAVE KEPT MY FATHER'S COMMANDMENTS, AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE.

    Jude 1:21-KEEP YOURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GOD, LOOKING FOR THE MERCY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE.

    Rev 3:19-AS MANY AS I LOVE, I REBUKE AND CHASTEN: BE ZEALOUS THEREFORE, AND REPENT.

    Ro 8:35-39-WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? SHALL TRIBULATION, OR DISTRESS, OR PERSECUTION, OR FAMINE, OR NAKEDNESS, OR PERIL, OR SWORD? AS IT IS WRITTEN, FOR THY SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL THE DAY LONG; WE ARE ACCOUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER. NAY, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US. FOR I AM PERSUADED, THAT NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS, NOR PRINCIPALITIES, NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS PRESENT, NOR THINGS TO COME, NOR HEIGHT, NOR DEPTH, NOR ANY OTHER CREATURE, SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD, WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.

    1 Jn 2:5-BUT WHOSO KEEPETH HIS WORD, IN HIM VERILY IS THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED: HEREBY KNOW WE THAT WE ARE IN HIM.

    1 Jn 4:12-NO MAN HATH SEEN GOD AT ANY TIME. IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD DWELLETH IN US, AND HIS LOVE IS PERFECTED IN US.

   1 Jn 3:16-THE LOVE OF GOD
   Ro 5:8-HIS LOVE
   1 Jn 4:10, 11-HE LOVED US
   Eph 5:2-CHRIST ALSO HATH LOVED US
   Eph 5:25-CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH
   Gal 2:20-GOD, WHO LOVED ME
   Jn 14:21-LOVED OF MY FATHER, AND I WILL LOVE HIM
   Jn 14:23-MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM
   Jn 15:13, 14-GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
   Jn 3:16-GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
   Rev 1:5-HIM THAT LOVED US
   Rev 3:9-I HAVE LOVED THEE
   Ro 5:5-LOVE OF GOD
   1 Jn 4:19-HE FIRST LOVED US
   1 Jn 4:16-LOVE THAT GOD HATH TO US
   1 Jn 4:8-GOD IS LOVE
   1 Tim 1:14-LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS
   2 Cor 13:11-GOD OF LOVE
   2 Cor 13:14-LOVE OF GOD
   2 Cor 5:14-LOVE OF CHRIST
   2 Thes 2:16-OUR FATHER,…HATH LOVED US
   2 Tim 1:13-LOVE WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS
   Eph 2:4-GREAT LOVE…HE LOVED US
   Eph 3:19-LOVE OF CHRIST
   Jn 13:34-I HAVE LOVED YOU
   Jn 15:9, 10-I LOVED YOU; HIS LOVE
   Jude 1:21-THE LOVE OF GOD
   Rev 3:19-I LOVE
   Ro 8:35-39-LOVE OF CHRIST? HIM THAT LOVED US; THE LOVE OF GOD

   Eph 5:25-CHRIST…GAVE HIMSELF
   Gal 2:20-GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME
   Eph 5:2-HATH GIVEN HIMSELF FOR US AN OFFERING AND A SACRIFICE
   Jn 15:13, 14-LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
   1 Jn 3:16-HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US
   Ro 5:8-CHRIST DIED FOR US
   Jn 3:16-HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
   1 Jn 4:10, 11-SENT HIS SON TO BE THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS

   Ro 5:8-GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US
   Rev 1:5-WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD
   Jn 14:21-I…WILL MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM
   Jn 14:23-WE WILL COME UNTO HIM, AND MAKE OUR ABODE WITH HIM
   Rev 3:9-I WILL MAKE THEM TO COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE THY FEET
   Rev 3:9-I WILL MAKE THEM…TO KNOW THAT I HAVE LOVED THEE
   Ro 5:5-LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST
   Ro 5:5-THE HOLY GHOST…IS GIVEN UNTO US

   1 Jn 4:12-LOVE ONE ANOTHER
   Jn 15:12-THIS IS MY COMMANDMENT, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU
   Jn 13:34-A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU
   Eph 5:25-HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED THE CHURCH, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR IT
   1 Jn 4:19-WE LOVE HIM
   Eph 5:2-WALK IN LOVE
   1 Jn 4:16-DWELLETH IN LOVE
   Jn 15:9-CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE
   1 Jn 4:8-HE THAT LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD

   Jude 1:21-LOOKING FOR THE MERCY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
   2 Cor 13:11-BE OF GOOD COMFORT
   2 Cor 13:11-BE OF ONE MIND
   2 Cor 13:11-LIVE IN PEACE
   Eph 3:17-THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH
   Eph 3:17-THAT YE, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE
   Gal 2:20-I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
   Gal 2:20-THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON

   2 Tim 1:13-HOLD FAST THE FORM OF SOUND WORDS, WHICH THOU HAST HEARD OF ME, IN FAITH AND LOVE
   Jn 14:21-HE THAT (1) HATH MY COMMANDMENTS, AND
   Jn 14:21-(2) KEEPETH THEM
   Jn 14:23-KEEP MY WORDS
   1 Jn 2:5-KEEPETH HIS WORD
   Jn 15:14-DO WHATSOEVER I COMMAND YOU
   1 Jn 3:16-WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE BRETHREN
   Gal 5:22-BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH
   2 Cor 13:11-BE PERFECT

    Such teaching as loving one another, obeying God, and keeping His commandments is seldom taught in today’s churches. Unsaved, lukewarm or carnal pastors may say, "That's legalism."

   1 Jn 4:8-HE THAT LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT GOD
   Ref 1 Jn 2:5-Refuses to keep God’s Word
   Ref 2 Cor 13:11-Refuses to live in peace
   Ref 2 Tim 1:13-Will not hold fast to sound words
   Ref Eph 3:17-Is not rooted in love
   Ref Gal 2:20-Is not crucified with Christ
   Ref Gal 2:20-Will not live by faith
   Ref Gal 5:22-Does not show forth the fruits of the Spirit
   Ref Jn 14:21-Will not keep God’s commandments
   Ref Jn 14:23-Will not keep God’s Words
   Ref Jn 15:14-Will not do what God commands
   Jn 5:42-BUT I KNOW YOU, THAT YE HAVE NOT THE LOVE OF GOD IN YOU

   Jn 12:48-HE THAT REJECTETH ME, AND RECEIVETH NOT MY WORDS, HATH ONE THAT JUDGETH HIM: THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN, THE SAME SHALL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY.