Jesus said, “Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free”
(John.8:32). “Sanctify them through thy Truth: thy Word is Truth” (John.17:17). “Search the Scriptures;” (John5:39). “The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life” (John.6:63)
John the beloved of the Lord can tell you what true love (Perfect Love) is. One will see how much he talked about it in his epistle. He said “whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him [i.e. Christ the Word] ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked” in the love of God (cf. 1John.2:5-6).
See? When a believer has the Word (Truth) and keeps It, the Love of God is perfected in him as he walks the way Christ walked.
LOVE is of God; it proceeds from TRUTH. Therefore, only the TRUTH of God can produce a genuine LOVE of God. And no other love, no matter how genuine, can produce the real TRUTH. only the TRUTH of God can produce a genuine LOVE of God. And no other love, no matter how genuine, can produce the real TRUTH.
Can any perfect love or genuine love be built without obeying God`s truth? We must put our priorities right in our walk with God and man before we can attain the PERFECT LOVE that we all yearn for.
The whole commandment is bound up in LOVE.
And DIVINE LOVE is at the apex which will cap the church. But how can a perfect love be achieved without obeying THE TRUTH first.
Today, many believers would, in defense, quote a statement made by Brother Branham a prophet of God when they cannot square up to the Truth (right doctrine): “I’ll rather have the right spirit than the right doctrine.”
Those who quote this statement certainly do not know what the prophet meant when he said that.
Many quote this statement to prove ignorantly that, doctrines are not important! …oh, it is not about doctrine but love! …love is all we need.!. What is this supposed to mean? One way or the other, the right spirit they mean is LOVE.
I really believe in LOVE for ALL but true love that is perfect and genuine cannot be without obeying THE TRUTH first. A LOVE WITHOUT TRUTH IS FAKE!! That is why we have all this hypocrisy even among believers’ camp.
John wrote that the Spirit of God is TRUTH. (1 John 5:6). The WORD and the SPIRIT are one and the word is TRUTH. (John 17:17, John 1:1). Truth cannot be told, leaving the Spirit. It is about the Revelation of the Spirit and the Truth – (The Word).
Love, righteousness, mercy, goodness, and all other attributes of God flow from this TRUTH. LOVE proceeds forth from the SPIRIT, WORD or TRUTH. LOVE proceeds from God, and not God from LOVE. TRUTH produces LOVE, and not LOVE produces TRUTH.
(1 John 4:7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (1 John 4:8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
*And yet God`s love is expressed when we obey His TRUTH first*.
(1 John 2:4-5) He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
If LOVE (without Divine TRUTH) is what will bring about the Rapture then this so-called ‘LOVE’ movement among the various denominational churches coming under the World Council of Churches would definitely suffice. They are gathering under the banner of ‘The Fatherhood of God and The Brotherhood of Men’.
That is, “Let’s love one another. It doesn’t matter whether you are a Baptist, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, a Charismatic, or whatever; let’s just put away our differences and love one another just as Jesus said. We have the same Father, and we are all brethren of the same God.”
Yes, divine love works no ill and it is unconditional love.
But unity at the expense of Truth is a curse. And it works contrary to scriptures.
(Amos 3:3). The spirit of ecumenism has no boundaries. It must be stopped from the root.
Yes, love and love to the fullest but love do not set free; it is the TRUTH of God that sets free. The sacred scriptures are the inspired word of God, it sets man free when we hearken to it.
(2 Timothy 3:5) Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
God bless us all.
STEPHEN AWITOR, CAPE COAST, GHANA.
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