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MOR-Bible, which is by God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, God's grace, unmerited divine favor, be to you and peace, an absolute end of all strife and trouble from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, to the faithful in Christ Jesus. Father, we pray, that our love may abound yet more and more in the knowledge of you and our Lord Jesus Christ and in all judgment. We pray that we may approve things that are excellent and that we may be sincere and without offence until the day of Christ. May we be rooted and grounded in love. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

This month's teaching is on living super abundantly in God's Love. This holiday season I pray to put you in remembrance of God's love for us.

It is written in John 3:16:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The phrase For God so loved the world teaches us the world did not love God! We can even say that today the world still does not love the true God and His son the Lord Jesus Christ. However, for those of us who believe in His son Jesus Christ, we shall not perish, but in contrast have everlasting life!

It is written in 1 Corinthians 13:13:

And now abideth [remains] faith [believing], hope, charity [love], these three; but the greatest of these is charity [love]. See February 2018 teaching.

In this verse, but the greatest of these is what? Charity or love. The word "love" is the Greek word agape and is defined as "the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation." See the teachings on agape love in February and March 2018.

Note: The sources for all Greek English words are Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, The Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament (Bullinger), Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible, The Word Study Concordance by George V. Wigram and Ralph D. Winter, The Bible Hub, and Webster's Desk Dictionary of the English Language.

No power can conquer or defeat God's love! Love is action and requires you to act. The love of God inspires people to be their best. Love is to do. Love is to act. See more in the September and October 2018 teachings.

It is written in 1 Peter 4:8:

And above all things have fervent charity [love] among yourselves: for charity [love] shall cover the multitude of sins.

The word fervent means "extended, stretched out" and describes an action of being earnest, fervent, or constant in action or attitude. It is often used to describe a quality of intense and sustained effort or emotion, particularly in the context of love, or other spiritual disciplines. The term suggests a stretching or reaching out with purpose and dedication.

The phrase shall cover in this verse means "To cover, to hide, to veil, to conceal, hidden." The Greek verb primarily means "to cover or conceal something." It is used in the New Testament to describe both physical covering and metaphorical hiding or veiling. This can refer to covering an object, concealing information, or hiding one's actions or intentions.

With this understanding, let's review 1 Peter 4:8 again. It tells us And above all things have an intense and sustained effort, stretching or reaching out with purpose and dedication in love, for the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation shall conceal the multitude of sins. Wow!

1 John 4:16-18:

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

God is what? love! And he that dwelleth in what? Love, dwell in who? God! Using logic, then if you do not dwell in love, then you are not in God, and God is not in you! However, being born-again of God's Spirit (see Romans 10:9), you have the love of God!

Romans 5:5 give us more on this:

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost [holy spirit] which is given unto us.

Back to 1 John 4, continue with verse 17:

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

The phrase as he [Jesus Christ] is, so are we in this world is a tremendous truth that most Christians do not know. They do not realize that once they are born-again, they are as Jesus Christ was in this world. My heart's desire is to be able to understand the depth of this truth in God's Word and manifest it in my life.

Let's continue with verse 18:

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Everyone is motivated by either love or fear! The word fear in this verse means "terror; panic." The word love is the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation. The word perfect means "mature." There is no power that can dominate love or limit it! Because love never fails (see 1 Corinthians 13:8). What did 1 Corinthians 13:13 teach us?

Faith [believing], hope, charity [love], these three; but the greatest of these is charity [love].

The greatest of these is what? The love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation! We must love the way God's Word commands us to love if we want to dwell in the love of God. If we want to be successful in this life, we must be strong in the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation!

2 Peter 1:1 tells us:

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

The word servant in this verse means "mark slave." The word apostle translates as the "sent one." When the word Jesus comes before Christ, the emphasis is on his earthly ministry as a man, his humbleness, and his humility. Christ refers to the anointed one, the Messiah. See the teachings on this in January - July 2024.

Let's continue to unpack the meanings of the words in this verse to better understand. The word obtained means to receive. And the word faith means believing. The word righteousness is "the God-given justification whereby a person stands in the presence of God without any consciousness of sin, guilt, or shortcomings." What a tremendous truth people! God imparted righteousness to me when I confessed the Lord Jesus and believed in my heart that God raised him from the dead (see Romans 10:9). I received righteousness in Christ Jesus (see 1 Corinthians 1:30) of God, the one supreme who is the fountain of life and light!

It is written in Romans 8:33:

Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect [the born-again believers]? It is God that justifieth.

God justified us, the born-again believers! No one can unjustified us but God! And He will not do that because we have received everlasting life when we were born-again of His spirit!

Back to 2 Peter 1:2:

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.

God's grace, unmerited divine favor, be to you and peace, an absolute end of all strife and trouble, be multiplied unto you through the exact knowledge of God, the one supreme, who is the fountain of life and light, and of Jesus, the humble one that was obedient unto the death of the cross our Lord and master. Where can we find this exact knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord? There is only one place - in the Word of God!

Continuing with 2 Peter 1:3:

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.

Let's expound this verse for an increased understanding. According as God's, the creator and the one supreme who is the fountain of life and light, divine power or might and strength has (past tense - hath) given unto us all things that pertain unto what? Life and godliness, our real, true, vital, and spiritual relationship with God. Given the knowledge that God has (past tense) given us these things, do we have to pray for or believe for all things that pertain unto life and godliness? No! As born-again believers, we thank God our Father, and we take it. The key is the way in which life and godliness are given to us. It is through the knowledge of him or God, the creator and the one supreme fountain of life and light. This is why we do these teachings - to increase your knowledge of God and His Word. God has (past tense) called us to what? Glory and virtue or the power which is God in Christ in you the hope of glory. Double Wow!

2 Peter 1:4:

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption [to destroy; decaying] that is in the world through lust.

The word partakers means "that which is common to all." The phrase divine nature is God in Christ in you (see 2 Corinthians 5:19 and Colossians 1:27). When we were born-again of God's spirit, we received a new divine nature (see Romans 10:9). When we were born into this world, we were by nature the children of wrath (see Ephesians 2:3) but we have a different nature now! Our old nature was the natural man of body and soul only. Our new nature is divine, and it is God in Christ in you the hope of glory! Because of our new divine nature, God in Christ in you, we have escaped the decaying that is in the world through lust. When are we going to believe God's Word people? Everywhere you go, God in Christ goes with you!

Let's continue with 2 Peter 1:5:

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge.

The word diligence is "care." The word faith is "believing." The word virtue is power, which is God in Christ in you the hope of glory. The word knowledge is "by experience." So, going back to the verse, giving all care, add to your believing power, which is God in Christ in you the hope of glory, and to power, which is God in Christ in you the hope of glory, knowledge by experience. We must let this mind be in us, which was also in Christ Jesus (see Philippians 2:5). Put you on the Lord Jesus Christ in your mind (see Romans 13:14)!

Let's look at the next verse in 2 Peter 1:6:

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness.

The word knowledge means "by experience." The word temperance means "strong, master of, self-controlled." The word patience means "enduring, holding out." The word godliness means "real, true, vital, and spiritual relationship with God." Now, we can go back to the verse with this understanding - And by experience and with strong, master of, self-controlled, enduring; and holding on to our real, true, vital, and spiritual relationship with God!

Continuing with verse 7:

And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

Again, the word godliness means "real, true, vital, and spiritual relationship with God." The phrase brotherly kindness means "the love of brothers, brotherly love." The word charity is "love" and is defined as "the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation." Once again, let's re-visit the verse with this new understanding - And to our real, true, vital, and spiritual relationship with God, brotherly love, and to the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation.

Now, let's look at verse 8:

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The beginning of this verse, For if these things be in you refers back to verses 5-7; they are in you because you have God in Christ in you (see Romans 10:9). And they abound in you when you renew your mind (see Romans 12:2) to do God's Word. The power of God in us is potential power; it becomes kinetic or active when we operate it. This verse tells us that once we operate the God in Christ in us, we shall neither be barren, which means "useless," nor unfruitful which means "yielding no fruit" in the knowledge, which means "clear and exact knowledge; a knowledge that has a powerful influence on the knower; full knowledge" of our Lord Jesus Christ! Wow! This understanding brings such dimension and action to God's Word!

It is written in Ephesians 1:4:

According as he (God) hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

Let me repeat this verse - God chose us in him before the overthrow of the world so that we should (past tense) be holy and without blame before him in love. By God's foreknowledge, He knew we would believe once we heard His Word. He chose us!

Let's continue with 2 Peter 1:9:

But [in contrast to verse 8] he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off [or close], and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Numerous times we have failed to recall what God did for us in Christ. We have forgotten when we were born-again. We have forgotten that when we spoke in tongues that it was our proof, in the senses' world, that we were born-again of God's spirit (see Romans 10:9) with Christ in us the hope of glory (see Colossians 1:27)! When we forget these lessons, as presented in 2 Peter 1:9, we are blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath (past tense) forgotten. We have let the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of life enter in, choking the Word of God out of our lives. We have become unfruitful in our thinking and walk. It is a daily remembrance that it is God in Christ in us! This is the divine nature of 2 Peter 1:4 above. It is the truth of God's Word! We must renew our minds and confess the truth of God's Word then we can manifest the power of God!

Finally, 2 Peter 1:10:

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence [care] to make your calling [of God in Christ Jesus, see Philippians 3:14] and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.

So, looking at 2 Peter 1:5-10, if we do what is presented in verses 5-7, we shall never fall. People, it cannot be plainer! The Word of God is the Will of God. The love of God, in the renewed mind in manifestation, never fails. We keep our heart, soul, strength, and mind in God's Word. We speak God's Word in love.

In John 13:34, Jesus Christ gave a new commandment to us:

A new commandment I [Jesus Christ] give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Three times the word love is used in this verse. The number three stands for the solid, real, substantial, complete, and entire. The number three "denotes divine perfection." We are told to love one another as Jesus Christ loved us with divine perfection.

The world desperately needs to see God's love in us! We shine as lights in the world (see Philippians 2:15). We are the salt of the earth (see Matthew 5:13). We are super conquerors (see Romans 8:37). Romans 5:5 tells us:

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost [holy spirit] which is given unto us.

The world needs to see God in Christ in you the hope of glory! Others need to see the light, the love, and the peace of God in Christ in you! Not everyone reads the Bible or studies God's Word the way you do. Let others see you living the Word of God with the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation in all your talk and walk of life!

John 13:35 tells us that we love others as Jesus Christ love us (verse 34):

By this shall all men know that ye are my [Jesus Christ's] disciples [disciplined ones], if ye have love one to another.

Romans 13:10 expands this to say:

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

The love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation works no ill to a person's neighbor. We are told to lift our neighbors with the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation. And we do this through our talk and walk in God's Word.

It is written in Romans 8:38-39:

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The word persuaded in verse 38 means "beyond a shadow of a doubt." Re-reading this verse brings new understanding as we see beyond a shadow of a doubt, we believe nothing can separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Now all we have to do is renew our minds and live super abundantly in God's Love.

Ephesians 5:1-2 exhorts us to:

Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savior.

In this month's teaching, we learned how to live super abundantly in God's love by renewing our minds to manifest God's love in our mind, heart, and soul. God is love! The love of God never fails! The love of God is the greatest thing in this world! The love of God covers a multitude of sins. There is no force in this world that can control or dominate the love of God! Amen, amen, amen!

Father, thank you for giving your love in that gift of holy spirit. Thank you for your great care as we believe and put into action the power of your gift of holy spirit. May we worship you in spirit and in truth and in love. Father, thank you that through your son, our Lord Jesus Christ, we are the lights in the world, we are the salt of the earth, and we are super conquerors. Father, we are so grateful and thankful that nothing can separate us from your love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.

Have a blessed Christmas. May God's love manifest in all you do and say this month!

In the Lord,

Ministry of Reconciliation
Son of God through Jesus Christ
Ambassador for Christ

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