PRAY FOR CHANGE!

FOR WHOM SHALL I PRAY?

Matthew 5:43-44 - You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you, and persecute you!

FOR WHAT SHALL I PRAY?

1 John 5:14-15 - And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us:  and if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

WHAT THEN IS GOD'S WILL?

Romans 8:26-27 - Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities:  for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:  but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.  And He that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

WE DO KNOW GOD'S WILL!

Matthew 22:36-40 - Master, which is the great commandment in the law?  Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

PRAYER CHANGES THINGS;

IT CHANGES ME!

THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH!

THE RAPTURE:

THE CATCHING AWAY OF THE CHURCH!

John 13:33-36 -  Little children, yet a little while I AM with you.  You shall seek Me:  and as I said unto the Jews (Israel), where I go, you cannot come; so now I say (also) to you (the Church).  A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one to another.  Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord, where are You going?  Jesus answered him, Where I go, you can not follow Me now; but you shall follow Me afterwards.

John 14:1-3 - Let not your heart be troubled:  you believe in God, believe also in  Me.  In My Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I AM, there you may be also.

Acts 1:9-11 - And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld (Him), He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight.  And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; who also said, You men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?  This same Jesus, Who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him go into heaven.  [Note:  This is not the Second Coming, for Jesus is afoot, and not riding His horse - see Rev. 19:11.]

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so they also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.  For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before; precede) those who are asleep.  For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:  and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

THE RAPTURE IS JESUS CHRIST, 

THE BLESSED HOPE OF THE CHURCH,

COMNG TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS

FROM THE WRATH OF GOD TO COME!

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!

THE MESSAGE WHICH SAVES!

1 Corinthians 15:1-6 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel (the message from God with the power to save the lost - Rom. 1:16) which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; by which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:  and that He was seen by Cephas (Peter), then by the twelve:  after that, He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain (alive) unto this present, but some are fallen asleep (have died).

THE RESPONSE THAT SAVES!

Romans 10:9-13 (My version) - If you shall publicly confess your faith in the Lord Jesus, and do believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  For with the heart man believes and is declared by God to be righteous; and with the mouth confession of your faith in Him results in salvation.  For the Scripture says, Whosoever believes in Him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek (Gentile; non-Jew):  for the same Lord over all is rich (in mercy, ready to pardon; and in grace, ready to adopt as His child) unto all who call upon Him.  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

TRUST IN CHRIST TODAY!

JESUS IS LORD AND SAVIOR!

JESUS, SON OF MARY, (SON OF MAN)!

Genesis 1:26-27 - And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness:  and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.  So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created he them.

Matthew 1:18-25 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise:  When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.  Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately.  But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary your wife:  for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.  And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call His name JESUS:  for He shall save His people from their sins.  Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.  Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:  and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son:  and he called His name JESUS.

JESUS, SON OF GOD!

Mark 1:1 - The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God....

John 20:30-31 - And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book:  but these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing, you might have life through His name.

1 John 5:4-5 - For whosoever is born of God overcomes the world:  and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.  Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God!

AS THE SON OF GOD, JESUS CREATED US!

AS THE SON OF MAN, JESUS DIED FOR US!

JESUS: THE LORD WHO SAVES!

ALL NEED THE SAVIOR!

Romans 3:19-23 - Now we know that whatsoever the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law:  that EVERY mouth may be stopped, and ALL the world may become guilty before God.  Therefore by the deeds of the Law there shall NO flesh be justified in His sight:  for by the Law is the knowledge of sin (see Galatians 3:24-26).  But now the righteousness of God without (apart from) the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus Christ unto ALL and upon ALL those who believe:  for there is NO difference:  for ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

JESUS IS THE SAVIOR!

2 Corinthians 5:14-21 - For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if One died for ALL, then were ALL dead:  and that He died for ALL, that those who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him Who died for them, and rose again.  Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh:  yes, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we Him no more.  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:  old things are passed away; behold, ALL things are become new.  And ALL things are of God, Who has reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation.  Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us:  we pray that you, in Christ's stead, be reconciled to God.  For He has made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin (see Hebrews 4:15); that we might be made the righteousness of God (by faith) in Him.

JESUS IS THE ONLY SAVIOR!

John 14:6 (As I believe it was intended) - Jesus said unto Thomas, I AM the way, I AM the truth, and I AM the life:  NO man can come unto the Father, but by faith in Me.

JESUS DIED AS OUR SAVIOR;

HE ROSE TO BE OUR LORD!

WHO IS THE JESUS OF THE BIBLE?

WHAT JESUS DID:

JESUS CREATED THE UNIVERSE!

John 1:1, 3, 14 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. . . . And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Colossians 1:16-17 - For by Him (Jesus Christ) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:  all things were created by Him, and for Him:  and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

Hebrews 1:1-2 - God, Who at sundry (various) times and in divers manners (different ways) spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He has appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds....

JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD!

John 1:29 - The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world.

Romans 5:6, 8, 10 - For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. . . . God commended (demonstrated) His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. . . . For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; by which also you are saved . . . . For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures....

1 John 2:1-2 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not.  And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:  and He is the propitiation (the complete satisfaction of a debt; payment in full) for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

WHO JESUS IS:

JESUS IS LORD!

Deuteronomy 10:17 - For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons, nor takes reward....

Daniel 2:47 - The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you could reveal this secret.

1 Timothy 6:14-16 - That you keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:  Who in His times He shall show, Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; Whom no man has seen, nor can see:  to Whom be honor and power everlasting.  Amen.

Revelation 19:16 - And He had on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Note:  The word "Savior" appears only 37 times in the entire King James Version;  the word "Lord" appears 7836 times!  Gratitude is owed to Jesus, our Savior; worship and obedience is due Jesus, our resurrected and soon returning Lord!

NOW WE KNOW!

1 JOHN 5:1-21

NOTICE ALL THE PRESENT TENSE VERBS!

[1] Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:  and every one that loves Him Who begot, loves him also who is begotten of Him.  (See John 1:14, 18; 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9).

[2-3] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments.  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments:  and His commandments are not grievous.  (See Matthew 7:12; 22:38-40; Romans 13:10).

[4-5] For whosoever is born of God overcomes the world:  and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.  Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God!

[6-7] This is He Who came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.  And He is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:  and these three are one.

[8-9] And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood:  and these three agree in one.  If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater:  for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.

[10-12] He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself:  he that believes not God has made Him (called God) a liar; because he believes not the record that God gave of His Son.  And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.

[13] These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may (confidently continue to) believe on the name of the Son of God.

[14-15] And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us:  and if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

[16-18] If any man sees his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.  There is a sin unto death:  I do not say that he shall pray for it.  All unrighteousness is sin:  and there is a sin not unto death.  We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not.

[19-21] And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.  And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him Who is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God, and eternal life.  Little children, keep yourselves from idols.  Amen.

BEING BORN AGAIN IS NOT A "HOPE SO" LIFE;

BEING BORN AGAIN IS A "KNOW SO" LIFE! 

COULD IT BE TODAY?

THE UNIQUENESS OF THE FORTH FEAST;

THE FEAST OF WEEKS, OR

THE FEAST OF LEAVENED WAVE LOAVES!

Leviticus 23:15-17 - And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath (always a Sunday), from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete:  even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.  You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves (because this feast represents the Church Age, one loaf stands for Jewish Christians, and the other, Gentile Christians, both of whom still sin) of two tenth deals:  they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven (leaven throughout Scripture represents sin); they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

Notes:
       This Feast of the LORD stands alone on the Hebrew calendar. 
       The first three Feasts of the LORD, the Spring Feasts, all in Israel's first month, literally symbolize Israel's rejection of Jesus; Christ's Death (The Passover - 1 Cor. 5:7); Christ's sinless life (Unleavened Bread - Jn. 6:31-41; 2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15); and Christ's Resurrection (Firstfruits - Mt. 27:52-53; 1 Cor. 15:20-23).
       The last three Feasts of the LORD, the Fall Feasts, all  in Israel's seventh month, will most likely be the literal fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets (all Israel being called to return to the land of promise, perhaps coinciding with the Antichrist confirming the covenant providing for Israel's peace in their land (Dan. 9:27); The Feast of the Atonement (the Tribulation; a.k.a. Daniel's Seventieth Week - Dan. 9:27 and the Time of Jacob's Trouble - Jer. 30:7); and the Feast of Tabernacles, Christ's Millennial Reign - Rev. 20:1-9).

THIS FEAST OF THE LORD HAD A NAME-CHANGE:

THE NEW TESTAMENT NAME IS PENTECOST,

THE BIRTH OF THE LORD'S CHURCH!

Acts 2:1-8, 46-47 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.  And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.  And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? - - - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favor with all the people.  And the Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved.

IT WOULD BE SO FITTING IF THE REMOVAL OF THE CHURCH VIA THE RAPTURE, OCCURRED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH!!!!!!!  COULD IT BE TODAY???????

HEY CHRISTIAN, PAY ATTENTION!

MAY 30, 2020 WORLD HEADLINES

COVID - 19; RIOTS; NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY; IMPEACHMENT; GEORGE SOROS; CHURCHES CLOSED/ABORTION CLINICS OPEN; ILLEGAL ALIENS RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY; HOMELESS VETERANS; I.D.-LESS VOTING; SCHOOLS CLOSED; WALMART OPEN; ETC....

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5

THE KING JAMES VERSION:  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE:  But understand this, that in the last days dangerous times [of great stress and trouble] will come [difficult days that will be hard to bear]. For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane, [and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of [sensual] pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them.

THE GOOD NEWS (IRONIC) TRANSLATION:  Remember that there will be difficult times in the last days. People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and irreligious; they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good; they will be treacherous, reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure rather than God; they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.

THE EASY-TO-READ VERSION:  Remember this: There are some terrible times coming in the last days. People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud and boast about themselves. They will abuse others with insults. They will not obey their parents. They will be ungrateful and against all that is pleasing to God. They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. People will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking and will be so proud of themselves. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure. They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that “devotion” change the way they live. Stay away from these people!

THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S VERSION:  Remember this! There will be many troubles in the last days. In those times people will love only themselves and money. They will brag and be proud. They will say evil things against others. They will not obey their parents. People will not be thankful or be the kind of people God wants. They will not have love for others. They will refuse to forgive others and will speak bad things. They will not control themselves. They will be cruel and will hate what is good. In the last days, people will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited and proud. They will love pleasure. They will not love God. They will continue to act as if they serve God, but they will not really serve God. Stay away from those people.

JESUS ASKS YOU (LUKE 18:8),

WHEN I COME BACK,

WILL I FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH?

WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?

BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!

John 3:16-17 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

Acts 16:29-31 - Then he (the Philippian Jailer) called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved....

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; by which also you are saved . . . . For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures....

Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace (undeserved; unmerited; unearnable favor) are you saved through faith; and that (it is) not of yourselves (of your own doing):  it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast.

TRUST IN HIM TODAY

WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME!

ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS CAN GO TO HEAVEN!

RIGHTEOUSNESS DEFINED:

GOD'S STANDARD OF HOLINESS; OF PERFECTION!

MANKIND'S PROBLEM:

Isaiah 64:6 - But we are ALL as an unclean thing, and ALL our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we ALL do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Romans 3:10, 23 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one . . . . For ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

GOD OFFERS US HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!

Job 33:26 - He shall pray unto God, and He will be favorable unto him:  and he shall see His face with joy:  for He will render unto man His righteousness.

Psalm 24:5 - He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Isaiah 61:10 -  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Matthew 6:33 - But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Romans 3:20-22 - Therefore by the deeds of the Law (religious works) there shall no flesh be justified in His sight:  for by the Law is the knowledge of sin.  But now the righteousness of God without (apart from the works of) the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe....

2 Corinthians 5:21 - For He has made Him (Jesus) to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.

ACCEPTING JESUS BY FAITH IS THE KEY!

Romans 10:9-13 - IF you shall confess with your mouth (your faith in) the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  For with the heart man believes unto righteousness (and is declared by God to be righteous); and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For the Scripture says, Whosoever believes in Him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek (non-Jew; Gentile): for the same Lord over all is rich unto ALL that call upon Him.  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

GOD DOES NOT SEND PEOPLE TO HELL FOR SIN;

HE SENDS THEM THERE FOR REJECTING JESUS!

WE SHALL BE CAUGHT UP ABOVE GOD'S JUDGMENT BELOW!

ENOCH, NOAH, LOT, AND ELIJAH!

Genesis 5:23-24; Hebrews 11:5 - And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:  And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. . . . By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him:  for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Genesis 7:13, 16-18 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark . . . . and the LORD shut him in.  And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.  And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 19:17, 30 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. . . . And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

2 Kings 2:1, 11 - And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. . . . And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

THE RAPTURE (CATCHING UP) OF THE CHURCH!

John 14:1-3 - Let not your heart be troubled:  you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

1 Corinthians 15:50-54 - Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:  for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.  For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep.  For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:  and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Revelation 4:1 - After this I (John) looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:  and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.

Note:  Revelation is divided into three parts:  the past, the present, and the future (see Rev. 1:19).  Following John's vision of the present, the Church Age (Ch. 2-3), this verse uses the same phrase found in Rev. 1:19:  "things which shall be hereafter."  After Chapter Three, the Church is not mentioned in those chapters which describe the Tribulation, a.k.a. The Time of Jacob's Trouble, and Daniel's Seventieth Week; both revealing the focus of the Tribulation is upon Israel!

THE CHURCH IS NOT DREADING

THE HORRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD;

IT IS EAGERLY AWAITING THE RETURN

OF OUR BLESSED HOPE:  JESUS CHRIST!

RACISM IS SIN!

ALL OF US ARE OF ONE FAMILY! 

Genesis 1:26-27; 3:30 - And God said, Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness:  and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.  So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. . . . And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Acts 17:24, 26 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, . . . and has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth....

IF LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW; HATE BREAKS IT!

Matthew 22:36-40 - Master, which is the great commandment in the Law?  Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.

Romans 13:8-10 - Owe no man anything, but to love one another:  for he that loves another has fulfilled the Law.  For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  Love workes no ill to his neighbor:  therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law.

Galatians 5:13-14 - For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.  For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

JUST AS ALL HUMANS ARE SINNERS;

ALL HUMANS TEND TO BE RACIST!

Romans 3:10, 23; 5:12 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one . . . . For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (short of God's standard of love). . . . Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

SOME PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS!

As a teenager, in the early 1950's, I saw an estimated crowd of 5000 Whites gathered to drive a Black family out of my neighborhood, in Detroit, Michigan!

In 1960, I saw a "all Whites Dime Store" refuse service to Blacks in Norfolk, Virginia!

In 1963, I led a "walk out" of our Navy football team when a bar and grill refused to serve my friend Gary Seavers; it was in Patuxent River, Maryland!

In 1965, as they were being arrested, I called one of three Blacks who physically attacked me, a "Black...."  Even though I did not complete the racist cuss word, I immediately felt shame.

In 1989, I was the only White member of the Baptist Student Fellowship on Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; I joined because the group was known by the entire school, faculty, staff, and student body, as the "Black Student Fellowship!"  At one of our meetings for Bible study, I answered the door, only to be told by a Black student, "I must be in the wrong place!"  After assuring him he was in the right place, he entered and shook everyone's hand but mine; he repeated the disrespectful slight at the end of the meeting.  

RACISM IS EVIL; IT NOT ONLY HURTS OTHERS,

IT IS BASED UPON A FALSE SENSE OF SUPERIORITY!

IT IS TOTALLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE TEACHINGS

OF JESUS CHRIST, THE TRUE CHRISTIAN'S LORD!

ALL WILL BOW; IT IS WHEN THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE!

ALL HAVE SINNED!

Romans 3:23; 5:12 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God . . . . Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

ALL NEED THE SAVIOR!

Romans 5:8-10 - God commended (demonstrated) His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

SALVATION IS OFFERED TO ALL AS A GIFT!

Romans 10:9-10 - IF you shall confess with your mouth (your faith in) the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  For with the heart man believes (and he is declared by God to be) righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

1 Corinthians 15:1-6 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel (the only message with the power of God to save - see Rom. 1:16) which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; by which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:  and that He was seen by Cephas (Peter), then by the twelve:  after that, He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace (God's unearnable favor) are you saved through faith; and that (salvation) is not of yourselves:  it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast.

IT IS FAR BETTER TO BOW

BEFORE JESUS AS YOUR LORD,

THAN TO BE FORCED TO BOW

BEFORE HIM AS YOUR JUDGE!

THE SPIRIT'S ROLE IN A CHRISTIAN'S LIFE!

THE SPIRIT IN THE BORN AGAIN BELIEVER!

1.  HE IS GOD DWELLING IN US:

John 14:16-17 -  (Jesus said to His disciples) I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth; Whom the world cannot receive, because it sees Him not, neither knows Him:  but you know Him; for He dwells with you, and shall be in you.

Acts 5:3-4 - Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?  While it remained, was it not your own?  And after it was sold, was it not in your own power?  Why have you conceived this thing in your heart?  You have not lied unto men, but unto God.

1 John 5:4-7 - For whosoever is born of God overcomes the world:  and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith (we believe the Spirit of truth).  Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?  This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.  And it is the Spirit Who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit):  and these three are one.

2.  HE IS GOD, SEALING US AS HIS OWN:  

Ephesians 1:12-13 - That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.  In Whom you also trusted, after that you heard the Word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation:  in Whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise....

Ephesians 4:30 - And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by Whom you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

3.  HE IS GOD DIRECTING US FROM WITHIN:

Luke 12:11-12 - And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take no thought how or what thing you shall answer, or what you shall say:  for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to say.

John 16:13 - Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth:  for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:  and He will show you things to come.

Romans 8:11-14 - If the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you.  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.  For if you live after the flesh, you shall die:  but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons (children) of God.

Philippians 2:12-13 - Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out (live out; experience) your own salvation with fear and trembling.  For it is God Who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

JUST AS SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT

SO THAT NO MAN CAN BOAST,

THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER IS THE

OUT-WORKING OF THE SPIRIT, 

THAT ALL GLORY BE GOD'S ALONE!

THE SPIRIT'S ROLE IN SALVATION!

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE NEW BIRTH!

John 3:1-8

       There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, who came to Jesus by night, and said unto Him, Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God:  for no man can do these miracles that You do, except God be with him.  
       Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  
       Nicodemus said unto Him, How can a man be born when he is old?  Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
       Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water (physical birth) and of the Spirit (spiritual birth), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Marvel not that I said unto you, You must be born again.  The wind blows where it listeth (wants to; desires), and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it comes, and where it goes:  so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

1 Peter 1:23-25 

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which lives and abides forever.  For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.  The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away:  but the Word of the Lord endures forever.  And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.

Romans 10:8-13, 17

But what does it say?  The Word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart:  that is, the Word of faith (the Gospel), which we preach; that IF you confess with your mouth (your faith in) the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  For with the heart man believes unto righteousness;* and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For the Scripture says, Whosoever believes in Him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek (Gentile; non-Jew):  for the same Lord over all is rich** unto all who call upon Him.  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. . . . So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.

Notes:  * The believer is given Christ's righteousness - 2 Cor. 5:21.

             ** The Lord is rich in mercy, pardoning our sins - Eph. 4:32; 

                  He is rich in grace, adopting us as His children - Rom. 8:15.

JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS,

HE WAS BURIED, AND 

HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY,

ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES!

TRUST HIM AS LORD OF YOUR LIFE;

THANK HIM FOR BEING YOUR SAVIOR;

TELL HIS STORY TO EVERYONE!

ADOPTED BY GOD!

WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD BY FAITH!

Romans 8:14-17 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the children of God.  For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.  The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ....

Galatians 3:23-26 - But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.  But before faith came, we were kept under the Law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.  Wherefore the Law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.  But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.  For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:1-7 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:  Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:  according as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:  having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He has made us accepted in the beloved.  In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

1 John 3:1-3 - Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did know Him.  Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be:  but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.  And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as He is pure.

NOT BY RELIGIOUS WORKS!

John 6:28-29 - Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?   Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on Him Whom He has sent.

Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:  it is the gift of God:  not of works, lest any man should boast.

Titus 3:5-7 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Whom He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

STOP TRYING AND START TRUSTING!

ISRAEL: THE KEY TO BIBLE PROPHECY

ISRAEL:  THE LAND OF PROMISE!

Genesis 12:1-3 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:  and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 13:14-17 - And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:  for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.  And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth:  so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.  Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

Genesis 15:7, 18 - And He said unto him, I AM THE LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. . . . In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates....

Genesis 35:9-12 - And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.  And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob:  thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name:  and He called his name Israel.  And God said unto him, I AM GOD ALMIGHTY:  be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; and the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

Genesis 50:24 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die:  and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Exodus 6:2-8 - And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him, I AM THE LORD:  and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of GOD ALMIGHTY, but by My name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.  And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.  And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.  Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I AM THE LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:  and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be your God:  and ye shall know that I AM THE LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.  And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I AM THE LORD.

MAY 14, 1948

WHO IS THIS JESUS THAT SAVES?

THE GOSPELS DECLARE

JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD!

Matthew 14:33 - Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped Him, saying, Of a truth You are the Son of God.

Matthew 27:43, 54 - He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him:  for He said, I am the Son of God. . . . Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Mark 1:1 - The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God....

Mark 3:11 - And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.

Mark 15:39 - And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

Luke 1:35 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you:  therefore also that Holy Child which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 4:41 - And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, You are Christ the Son of God.  And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak:  for they knew that He was Christ.

John 1:34, 49 - And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. . . . Nathanael answered and said unto Him, Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.

John 9:35, 38 - Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said unto him, Do you believe on the Son of God . . . . And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him.

John 10:36 - Say you of Him, Whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, You blaspheme; because I said, I am the Son of God?

John 11:4, 27 - When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. . . . She said unto Him, Yes, Lord:  I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, Who should come into the world.

John 19:7 - The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.

John 20:30-31 - And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book:  but these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through His name.

Note:  See also Acts 8:37; 9:20; Romans 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:19; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 4:13; Hebrews 4:14; 1 John 3:8; 4:15.

WHY IS THIS IDENTIFICATION

SUCH AN IMPORTANT FACT?

1 John 5:5, 10, 12-13, 20 - Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God . . . . He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself:  he that believes not God has made Him a liar; because he does not believe the record that God gave of His Son. . . . He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.  These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may (continue to) believe on the name of the Son of God. . . . And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God, and eternal life.

THE GOD-LIKE ATTRIBUTE THAT IS POSSESSED BY THOSE WHO ARE BORN AGAIN!

1 JOHN 5:1-13

[My version based upon the KJV and the context.]

[1] Whomsoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:  and every one that loves Him Who begot, loves them also who are begotten of Him.
[2] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments (Love God; love thy neighbor - Mt. 22:26-30; Rom 13:8-10; Gal. 5:14).
[3] For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments:  and His commandments are not grievous.
[4] For whosoever is born of God overcomes the world:  and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
[5] Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God!
[6] This is He Who came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.  And it is the Spirit Who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
[7] For there are three Who bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
[8] And there are three that bear witness on earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood:  and these three agree in one.
[9] If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater:  for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.
[10] He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself:  he who does not believe God has called Him a liar; because he does not believe the record that God gave of His Son.
[11] And this is the record, that God has given (It is a undeserved gift) to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
[12] He who has faith in the Son has life; and he who does not have faith in the Son of God, does not have life.
[13] These things have I written unto you who believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you continue to believe on the name of the Son of God.

Note:  The love mentioned above is from the Greek word agape; unlike eros (sexual love), or phileo (brotherly love), agape does not require a response to be satisfied;  it is a love without a selfish motive;  it seeks only to bless others, even those who are undeserving.  It is the fruit of being indwelt by the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22)!

PERHAPS THAT IS WHY JOHN SAID THAT KIND OF LOVE IS FOUND ONLY IN THOSE WHO ARE BORN AGAIN.  BELIEVE IN JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND YOU SHALL BE BORN AGAIN!