The Love Of God

What a beautiful name is the name of God. Consider this; His name is Wonderful Saviour, King of kings, Mighty Counsellor and Prince of Peace just to name a few. He is the example of the pureness of the love and light that is our Creator. So when we talk of the Lord, do we consider the perfection of His love for all mankind? A simple statement such as Jesus is love can not only be a phrase that slips off the tongue as easily as good day or have a nice day, a statement that is almost a reflex, or it can be a powerful statement of care and dedication for all His creation. I want you to follow along with me for a second as we look at six words from John 3:1. “For God so loved the world”. The term world is, in Greek, Kosmos meaning both order and world. The Greeks considered that the entirety of the known world was perfectly and impeccably in order and thus the world meant a perfectly ordered sum of all existence. God so loved the entirety of all that existed so much that He sent His one and only Son into this realm to be amongst us all. His promise is not that select people would have the chance to know the Creator but that all who believe in Him would on day know the joy of living in eternal existence with the Master.

God also loves all of His creation so much that He is not willing to force us to bow down but rather gives us all the choice to follow. It is up to us whether we will follow. I hear the cries of a nation demanding that we stop the spread of this terrible thing called Christmas, the celebration of Christ’s birth, because “it is religion, “it is nothing that I believe in” or “I am offended”. There are many who cry out “you will stop saying that and call it what it is; happy holidays”. God loves us so much He allows free will and rebellion but there will be a time when the eyes of a nation will be opened and those who do not believe will realize their opportunity for eternal joy and happiness was wrapped in swaddling and celebrated on Christmas Day. So here is my question for the week; I do not ask those who do not believe to stop all they are doing to share in my faith celebration and I do not demand they keep quiet about their opposition to a faith in the Almighty Creator so why are we not afforded the same courtesy? Is my point of view any less important than theirs? My God came for all. If you do not believe this, that is your choice but know that you are loved regardless.

This Sunday we will explore God’s love. We invite you to join us if you can at 10:30 MST on Sunday or watch live online on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MainAvenueFellowship/ ) or view it afterwards on our website (www.mainavefellowship.blogspot.ca).

Blessings
Pastor Todd