Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, THAT your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 THAT ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till (with a view toward being ready for) the Day of Christ. 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
| Day 15—If we will inherit the Kingdom with Christ Jesus, we must know the kind of Love He knew. |
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If we are to function with Christ in His Kingdom there must be that kind of Love in us that comes from the heart of God . Because He was motivated by His Father’s Love, the power was greater in Jesus to set the woman free caught in the act of adultery, than was the power of the Pharisees who were motivated by what was right and what was wrong. Legalism is void of power—and is usually void of God’s Love.
Read II Corinthians 2:5-11. Even though the man in the church had to be disciplined because of his very wrong behavior, Paul later admonished the church to restore him as a demonstration of their love to him. Love at work in the believers brought them by a way that discounted the advantage Satan could have gained over this man who had fallen into sin.
FATHER, we are learning that the Love that comes from Your heart is greater than any tactic of the enemy to defeat us. Please let Your Love find a permanent place in my heart, especially toward these people who are quite often difficult for me to love. I give up trying to love them with my own love. I am ready for You to love them through me.
We can read about the judgment that was inflicted on the man who sinned, but who was later restored through the Love of God manifest in the believers around him.
—I Corinthians 5:1-12 & II Corinthians 2:5-11
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