Jan 30 - Feb 4, 2023
Holy Word for Morning Revival
Int’l Training for Elders and Responsible Ones
Loving the Lord and Loving One Another for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ
Week 1 - Loving the Lord and Loving One Another—the Most Excellent Way for Us to Be Anything and Do Anything for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ
1 Cor. 12:31 But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And moreover I show to you a most excellent way.
13:13 Now there abide faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
2 Tim. 1:7 ...God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness.
We should be like God in our love for others... If we love only those who love us, we are of the same species as the tax collectors. But we are of the super, divine species, so we love the evil ones, our enemies, as well as the good ones. This shows how God as love prevails.
A proof that our vital group is prevailing is that we love people without any discrimination. Some Christian co-workers may feel that we should let certain persons suffer eternal perdition. They may say that they would not love certain persons, such as bank robbers. But while Christ was being crucified on the cross, two robbers were crucified with Him (Matt. 27:38). One of them said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom” (Luke 23:42). Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you, Today you shall be with Me in Paradise” (v. 43). The first one saved by Christ through His crucifixion was not a gentleman but a criminal, a robber, sentenced to death. This is very meaningful.