Love

Read Luke 6: 46-49

“Why do you call be “Lord, Lord.” 

and do not do what I say?

 I will show you what he is like 

who comes to me and hears my words and put them into practice. 

He is like a man building a house, 

who dug down deep 

and laid the foundation on the rock.

 When the floods came the torrent struck

 that house but could not sake it,

 because it was well built.”

                                                                                        Luke 6:46-48
If there is one thing that we must do, is make sure we dig. Dig into the Bible. Deep into the very word of God. Look closely at the words and ways of Jesus. Study the letters of the apostle to the church.
The Bible, not the words or interpretation of man must be the foundation on which we build our faith. Man makes mistakes God dose not. I believe when there is a conflict between what the bible teaches and what a man says, that the man has made the mistake not God.
I have been fond of referring to 1 Corinthians 13:1-8a. It is the definition of love. The definition of love given in the first eight verses of 1 Corinthians 13 is shown by Jesus who endured all thing even to the death of the Cross for us.
But we must not forget the rest of that chapter which says,

Love never fails. 

 But whether there are prophecies, 

they will fail; 

whether there are tongues 

they will cease;

 whether there is knowledge,

 it will vanish away. 

For we know in part

 and we prophecy in part.

 But when that which is perfect has come, 

then that which is in part will be done away.

 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; 

but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

 For now we see in a mirror dimly, 

but then face to face. 

 Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

Now abides faith hope and Love but the greatest of these is Love.

                                                                                                                   1 Corinthians 13:8-12
Man is fallible, prophesy’s fail, knowledge is lost and changes. Things change in the world. But the one thing that never changes is the Love of God.

Something to think about.

We must build our house on the foundation of love. Not only in word but in every deed we do. We must show the love of God to all mankind even our worst enemy. This is what Jesus did. This is what God did.
John 3:16,17 say it all. Read the words carefully,“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.“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the word through Him might be saved.”
Only if we have an unfailing love for God and our fellow man can we truly take that word to a lost and dying world effectively.