THE BEST ADVICE

When Jesus was asked, “Which is the first commandment of all?” He replied, “The first of all the commandments is ‘Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength; this is the first commandment. And the second is like it, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12: 29-31).

When we learn to love one another as God has loved us, we have come to that state of perfection that brings us out of this sinful world to God, Who is love. As John tells us in I John 4:16, 17, “And we have known and believed the love that God hath for us. God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.” When we come to the place that we love our brother as God has loved us, we have reached that place of joy and peace, “...which passeth knowledge, that we might be filled with all the fullness of God” (Eph. 3:19).

This can be found only in the church of which Jesus Christ is the head. (Eph. 3:20-21) “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Unto Him be glory in the church of Jesus Christ throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”

Love you, David V. Fultz