From February 15-29,
Day 46 to Day 60 of 2020 for JESUS,
Day 46 to Day 60 of 2020 for JESUS,
please join us in taking
The LOVE Challenge - GOD's WAY!
The Bible shares the definition of GOD's AGAPE LOVE in 1 Corinthians 13.
Throughout the Bible, the illustration of this AGAPE LOVE is JESUS.
Each day, we'll take a principle of AGAPE LOVE
and then look at something from JESUS' life,
here on earth, that illustrates it.
Today is LOVE Challenge - GOD's WAY - Day 6:
here on earth, that illustrates it.
Today is LOVE Challenge - GOD's WAY - Day 6:
GOD's LOVE through me for __________ does not act unbecomingly!
John 5:1-18 Tells about the healing at the pool called Bethesda. Here is a glimpse into those verses and how JESUS' responded lovingly to those who would seek to kill HIM...
1- "...there was a feast of the Jews, and JESUS went up to Jerusalem.
2- Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porches.
3- In these lay a great crowd of invalids, blind, lame, and paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
4- For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water. After the stirring of the water, whoever stepped in first was healed of whatever disease he/she had.
5- A certain man was there who had an illness for thirty-eight years.
6- When JESUS saw him lying there, been in that condition now a long time, HE said to him, 'Do you want to be healed?'
7- The sick man answered HIM, 'Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. But while I am coming, another steps down before me.
8- JESUS said to him, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk.'
9- Immediately the man was healed, took up his bed, and walked. That day was the Sabbath.
10- The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, 'It is the Sabbath day. It is not lawful for you to carry your bed.'
11- He answered them, 'HE WHO healed me said to me, 'Take up your bed and walk.'
12- So they asked him, 'WHO is THE MAN WHO said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk?'
13- Now the man who was healed did not know WHO it was, for JESUS had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in that place.
14- Afterward, JESUS found him in the temple, and said to him, 'See, you have become whole. Sin no more lest something worse happens to you.'
15- The man departed and told the Jews that it was JESUS WHO had healed him.
16- So the Jews persecuted JESUS and sought to kill HIM, because HE had done these things on the Sabbath day.
17- JESUS answered them, 'MY FATHER is working still, and I am working.'
18- So the Jews sought even more to kill HIM, because HE not only had broken the Sabbath, but also said that GOD was HIS FATHER, making HIMSELF equal with GOD."
JESUS could have chosen to be rude or crude in this whole situation with the religious leaders, yet HE answered and acted respectfully with much GRACE. Let's follow HIS example!
1). GOD's love through me for _________is patient;
2). GOD's love through me for _________ is kind;
3). GOD's love through me for _________ is not jealous or envious;
4). GOD's love through me for _________ does not boast or brag;
5). GOD’s love through me for __________ is not arrogant;
6). GOD's love through me for _________ does not act unbecomingly;
