GODS LOVE

Author - Guardian

PART ONE

THE GARDEN OF EDEN

Lord God In Jesus name cause a new day to unfold within hearts, make something out of nothing In Jesus name amen

Imagine, Imagine, Imagine when a child is born and the first gaze of the mother into the babies eyes, imagine the first contact and the first snuggle as the mother see's her baby for the first time, Imagine hand to hand touch and eye to eye, body to body...........

2 Kings 4:32

When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. 33So he went in

and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD.

34Then he went

up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm

. 35Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and

stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

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Imagine, Imagine, Imagine as God stirred up the dust of the earth and formed flesh and knitted

together this frail frame of Adam from the womb of the earth and fearfully and wonderfully made

this Adam called man being made in the secret place of Eden.

Being woven together in the depths of the earth Gods eyes saw his unformed body and all

the days of Adams life were ordained and were written in His book before one of them ever came

to be. .

Imagine, Imagine, Imagine as God leaned down and looked into the face of Adam and gazed upon

this new creation for the first time, Imagine as God gazed into the eyes of Adam, eye to eye and

body to body, mouth to mouth and breathed into Adams nostrils His Holy Spirit .

And this body came to life and was a living newly born creation of God, such a personal thing

Such an intimate thing, such a relationship was formed, such a bond between the Creator and

the new born Adam and from this Adam being born another, but the time came when they fell

and were bruised and in that bruising would be their healing

From their casting out so their Breathe of Life became corrupted and His Spirit became theirs

and everyone to his own way and all have gone astray and their spirits become their own gods

and their lifes are theirs and so it is and so it came to be

Imagine,Imagine, Imagine as We come to Jesus now as the Bride and we are filled with the

Holy Spirit, Imagine now Today as we come to Him and we relate this personal , so personal

thing to our own lifes and hearts

Adam and Eve fell and took of the tree and from that Tree would come Eternal Life and resurrection power

Imagine,Imagine, Imagine as Jesus bows down and breathes into our nostrils the Holy Spirit

of Life, such a personal thing, such an intimate moment, such is the look of the Groom as He gazes

at the Bride, what an eros of time,what love to bestow, what compassion on a lost world

And in that moment of breathe as Jesus breathes His Holy Spirit into the mortal body of the new

creation thus called a "Christian" the doorway to Eden is once again opened to the Tree Of Life

This Thing Called Love

1 Corinthians 13

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does

not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. What kind of Love is Paul talking about in 1 Corinthians 13 ?

Is it eros love ? a sexual love – Prov. 7:18

Is it philos love ? a friendship love – John. 11:3

Or Gods love =1 Corinthians 13 ........ agape love

FOR NON BELIEVRS AND BELIEVERS

Unconditional Love as if any Love could be unconditional !!

Love is probably the most expensive thing we will ever commit ourselves too

The Agape Love of God might cost us our lifes

This "Unconditional Love" is for all, .

I would suggest that the "Agape" love for God is not just for Christians !

We tend to see it as a thing that relates to Christians don't we ?

Like God loves us and we are special ? you know God loves sinners too !

He loved lil old me with all my faults many years ago when I had nothing and was

on the streets, he loved lil old me when I did'nt know Him or even no His name....

Agape Love

This Agape Love is for all , God is Love and He cannot be anything else

So what is the difference here between believers and Known believers ?

Or should I say " Those who believe and follow Jesus the Son of God and those who don't ?

Well I believe the difference is that God imparts a part of Himelf into us .....

In other "Heaven is in our hearts" in other words we have "Christ in us " - "Christ in " - "Christian"

Having Christ in us means that we do AS we submit and yield to Him have this "Agape" love

of God working through our lifes and in us..... (note) AS we yield to Him

And so somehow this "fullness..this agape love" works within and outwards

Can a non believer know this love of God ? "YES" They can experience it and in so doing come to give their lifes to Him

But can this "Agape" love...indwell a non believer and work through them to lead others to

Jesus ? NO, I do not believe so

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Eros Love

So what of eros love ? a sexual love – Prov. 7:18

Or philos love ? a friendship love – John. 11:3

Well both believers and non believers know of this love , don;t they ?

And so we have separated the believer and non believer with "Agape " Love

But now looks look at this and think how eros love and philos love can relate to the believer

in the Church and His relationship with God

"Ooooo you say" this is different , I don;t hear this at Church !!"

You might say" eros love ? whats that got to do with the "Church ? "

Eros Love, eros comes from the Greek and this is where the word "Erotic"

comes from....but note .......I say ..........(note - Eros Love)

And so we go too the Song of Songs or the Song of Solomon.................

Now read the whole book and ask the question , what has this to do with anything ?

Well this is a romantic love song, this is a passionate book, this is a love song to the Church

This is the relationship between The Bride "Church" and the "Bridegroom" "Jesus"

This is the Love affair between these courting couples

This is the "Eros" Love an undefiled clean and pure Love , an intimate Love

A passionate Love that goes to the ends of the Earth to find the one He loves

Phileo Love

Or "philos" This is friendship Love.

Of course we all know this one...

James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. John 14:15, ‘If you love me you will obey what I command.’ And what does Jesus command?

Well, the greatest command is to love God, and the second is to love one another. So, if we

truly love God and want him to be our friend, we are called to love each other. Who are our friends and our neighbours ? our family ? or do we also love our enemies ?

This is part of Agape love, to love your enemies........

And so we have looked at the three "Loves"

I would suggest that although we have separated these Loves , they can at times be mixed up

Eros Love is often toned down and seen not to relate to The "Christian"

this is because of the way the "World " - "Enemy"has defiled this word and the way the human

mind has been programmed in a way to relate to and see this kind of Love

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Light Of The World

"Lord bring light to those who walk in darkness, unblind the people who do not believe, let

the enemies hold on their eyes be broken and let them see"

We may pray this prayer, that people might see what we see ?

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light

of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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The age of man has been blinded, that they might walk in darkness and not see the glorious Light

of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

But we see, don't we ? .... what or who do we see ?....

We walk in blind faith, we who walk in darkness not seeing the tomorrow or what it might bring

We who walk in blind faith and along and in dark places

We who walk in faith with the only light being we see being the Light of the Gospel of Christ

In a sense we are blinded by the Light, God in His wisdom only shows us what He wnats us to

see and what do we see ?

For we see Jesus...don't we ? and He is our eyes , He is our eyesight

The Lord confounds the mind of men to stop them building the towers of theological excellence

so that the only thing they can hold onto is simply faith , that they might walk in that "ignorant"

faith with the only thing being there guide.....the Light...who is ?

Sometimes the only thing you may be able to hold onto is "a word" ..."a promise"

Revelation

LET THE REVELATION OF JESUS BURST FORTH INTO GLORIOUS DAY BEFORE THE NIGHT COMES

and all you can hold onto is Jesus

And when that time comes ...rejoice and be glad that you have been directed from your own ways in following God to the Light

Rejoice when that time comes that the only one you can hold onto is JESUS, that is the purpose and the meaning

A new day dawns in the mind of a believer, the old has passed away BEHOLD I MAKE ALL

THINGS NEW

Indeed the creation is new, like a new day, as the sun rises over the horizon and indeed it does

each and every new day

And the first Light dawns on the new creation and for the first time ... revelation is found in the

heart

Wow the new seeds beging to sprout up on this new day and soon and very soon the growth in

the life of the new believer begins to be seen by others and BEHOLD THE SHEKINAH GLORY

The visible manifestation of God, the visible signs of an inward change are seen by others

What a work to behold as God chnages and begins to change and has changed

Remember we are dealing with a God who is past, present and future !

We are new creations and yet we are being changed and we will be changed in the twinlking of an

eye with the last trumpet

Indeed Gods people coming out of Egypt were changed, were being changed and would be changed

Renewing of the mind is not just for OUR benefit.......

Renewing of the mind is for OTHERS benefit as well

As the man who walked through life blaming life said "well things changed when I changed"

Its not so much what we go through but how we go through things

Renewing of the mind benefits others

In evangelism....God will use the person without walls , He will use the person who does not

put up barriers, He will use the person withouit excuses, He will use the person who has a heart

that cares about the person more than the appearance

Renewing of the mind

THE GARDEN OF EDEN REVISITED

And so a new creation is formed from the void and God broods over His new creation like a

Mother

hoovering over her Young Children

Now He steps back and looks at what He has created "rests"

He is delighted in us who are new to His family although He always knew of us and waited for

us to return to Him

At last the prodigal has returned and heaven rejoices..wow the whole of heaven is changed

because this new creation is born

And He prepares a place for us, wow , in the new earth ..... a place just for us, made for us...

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His groom and He will be our everlasting light

We being new creations or "Christians" rest in Him and He in us and we are made "HOLY"

Holy because of the blood of Jesus the Son, not because we were born on a "sunday"

Not because of anything we can do but because of what Jesus did and does and will do

Renewing of the mind.......what a "renew day"

O but wait ...............I don't feel any different ? O who is this that walks in the garden ?

who is this that walks with me and talks with me and has His way in me ?

His will , yes His will, not mine I say.........

ahh but wait day after day I follow him but there is something inside me that rages and fights ?

I look up and I see something I desire more than He !.....what can this be ?

I take of the fruit that lures me and I listen to another voice ....what is this voice ?.....

As soon as I take from this fruit I am naked , I am exposed , I run to hide my nakeness before

God but He shows me and knows what I have done even before I do it..

and knowing and having and understanding what I have done...(Tree of Knowledge)...I turn to

Him and I speak to Him and as soon as I do that fruit

becomes a different fruit, its a bruised fruit, giving of an odour and a fragrance that I recognise

And I look up and I see Jesus on that Tree and He has taken the place

He has handed me a fruit that I know and others recognise who have the same fruit

This fruit is bruised and in its bruising I am healed

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The Bride Of Christ

The bride of Christ so beautiful to God, the salt of the earth, with garments as white as snow

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Listen

The time will come when the honeymoon will end and at that time you will be tested as with fire and rain and

in that testing and after that testing what is left and what remains will be beautiful

The time will come when what is left will be of the purest and finest of all jewels

And you will shine like the precious stone adorned with ruby, topaz and emerald and like precious

transparent glass you will be seen as I will shine through you

What is left will be like the finest of gold and choicest of silver

Rise up o broken one with God and fly like the eagle

Let the Church be heard, she who is the salt of the earth and clothed with Garments of snow

Lord God In Jesus name cover salt with Snow and let your sun shine down on hearts Today In Jesus name amen