LOVE FOR GOD MAKES US ONE WITH GOD

Posted by George Soepboer Sr

Only faith in the grace of God and love for God brings us into fullness with God

When we struggle and strive to please God,

and give all of our time and goods and money to God,

then we can think that we will find approval by God,

but none of that will open the door for us by God.

( 1 Corinthians 13:3 ).

When go to church to worship God,

and we spend much time to read the Bible the written word of God,

and we pray much to God,

then we can think that our name will be written in heaven by God.

However, none of that will ever open the door to heaven by God.
( Luke 13:22-28 ).

When we uphold the doctrine of the church of God,

and are baptized with water

then we can think that we are part of God,

but none of that will make us one with God.

( Luke 18:9-14 ).

When we do all sorts of good works on this world in the name of God

and in the name of Jesus the Son of God,

then we can think that we have things right with God,

but none of that will make us acceptable by God.

( Matthew 7:21-23 ).

When we spend all of our money for the needy people,

then we can think that we are pleasing God,

but none of that will lead us into friendship with God.

( 1 Corinthians 13:2 ).

When we torture our body to please God,

and we are willing to give our life to show how dedicated we are to God,

then we can think we are on our way to heaven with God,

but none of that will ever give us the rights to enter into heaven with God.

( 1 Corinthians 13:3 )

None of those things makes us acceptable to God,

for none of those things will remove our sins by God

that hinder us from coming to God.

( 1 John 1:8 ).

Our sins will hinder us from coming to God, for they are a barrier between us and God,

and will always hinder us from acceptance by God,

for only perfection can enter by God, and no one is perfect by the standards of God.

( Romans 3:10-23 ).

However, we do not have to seek to pay for our way to God. Jesus Christ the Son of God paid for all our sins by God to open the way for us to God.

( 1 Peter 3:18 ).

The death of Jesus the Son of God opened the door for us to God.

If we believe that Jesus Christ the Son of God paid for our sins by God,

and we repent of our sins by God, and we open our heart to God,

and give our live to God then we are welcome by God,

for then the door is wide open for us by God.

( Romans 5:1-21 ).

Only if we live by faith in the grace of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God, and we love God and the Son of God for the gift of salvation from God through the Son of God are we acceptable by God.

Not anything else will make us acceptable by God.

( Ephesians 2:4-9 ).