10 Day Challenge - #6

Day #6 I'm running out of things to put before the challenge!


Day #6. Speak Without Pretending:
Ephesians 4:15a "But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things..."

Jesus' love was never pretend, He never had false love for anyone. He didn't speak without love. We are to grow as Christians in Christ, but if we have not love we are nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 says, " Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.  And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 
  And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." In this passage when it says "charity" it means love, and of course, when it says "love" it means love. But what kind of love does it mean?? I was wondering what charity meant and looked that up and here it means love. But, I wondered what type of love it meant. Well, it's agape love. I looked up the definition of agape love, and here it is. Agape Love- selfless love from one person to another without sexual implication (especially love that is spiritual in nature). That's UNCONDITIONAL love. Love is a very important concept. Seriously!! Look at Christ. HE IS LOVE. He willingly gave up His life because He loved us, with unconditional love. I don't know why He would love someone like me, let alone die for me, but He did. I still haven't figured out why He would do that, I fail Him so much. He doesn't love me only if I follow Him, or if I read my bible everyday, memorize verse, help with VBS, or praying. No, He loves us no matter what. He loves us when we're angry at Him, when we're hating someone,  when we turn our back on Him, when we refuse to forgive, and when we say no to the Holy Spirit when it's tugging on our hearts to repent. His love is without condition.
The love He has for us is AMAZING!! We will never be able to give the kind of that God has for us because we are flesh and blood. But God wants to do our best and let Him do the rest.

~Beautifully Created 4 Christ~
~Joshua 1:9~