Love Your Neighbor like He is a Thief

8 months ago
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It's amazing how quick we are to judge others, and how slow we are to love our neighbors. But what does that even mean?
Most people judge others by their actions and themselves by their intention, but it's gotten even more fragile than that now.

Now, actions aren't even a requirement for judgement. You use the wrong word or phrase, or dare call anything sin, and you are immediately judged and condemned.
But Jesus said love even those who hate you. How you treat those you disagree with is the standard to which you will be judged.

There were two thieves on the cross with Jesus Christ. They both saw him forgive those who were literally mocking him as they were killing him. One mocked Jesus as well. The other, awed by the grace and mercy displayed through the living Son of God, asked the Lord to remember him, and he was saved.

But 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. "

So how was this thief saved? The same way any other sinner, guilty of anything mentioned above, is saved? By recognizing the truth of who Jesus is and accepting His free gift of salvation.

Satan is the god of this world and wants us to believe that sin isn't sin and we have no need to repent and recognize the Lord's ability to save us with the simple, humble act of belief.

Anything that causes you to hate someone else, isn't from God. Anything that causes you to take pride in your identity that the Lord declares sin, isn't of God.

To sin is to MISS THE MARK of our Creator's perfection. He created us male and female, because when the two are joined, they create LIFE.

Those who believe that one is born gay, and yet also believe you can CHOOSE whether you want to be male or female, are blind to the spiritual deception we are under these days.

Understanding the battle we are in is the first step to fighting back. I pray open and humble hearts find this message and take heart.

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