I wish Jesus didn't say that

                 "Love your enemies "

As a follower of Christ, it is not only you accept Christ as a Savior but the most important is to accept him as your LORD.

What does LORD means ? 

1  : one having power and authority over others: 
a  : a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due 

So when Jesus said "Love your enemies?" I wish Jesus didn't say that.

ENEMY

• 1  : one that is antagonistic to another; especially  : one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent

How can you love this enemy, because as a human being it is our fallen nature, our pride usually kicks in, our ego is important , and it is natural to retaliate and get even to those who hurts us, accused us, treat us bad, con us, betrayed us, so how can you say Love your enemies? It is the most hardest thing to do. 

How can you forgive someone and love that person who do all those things to you? Disrespect you, condemned you, accused you of something you haven't do? Usually as a human being it is easy to say I will forgive, I have forgiven but definitely I will never forget.

But how can you forgive if you haven't forgotten?

As a follower of Christ God's standard is ATTITUDE, he looks in the heart of a person. Whatever in your heart is important to God that is his standard. 

According to his word;

Matthew 5:44-45 NIV

[44] But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, [45] that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Leviticus 19:18 NIV

[18] “ 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Exodus 23:4-5 NIV

[4] “If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. [5] If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

Luke 6:28 NIV

[28] bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Romans 12:16 NIV

[16] Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

To be a child of God his command is to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, because he will be the one to retaliate for you.

It is hard to love your enemy, it is hard to forgive your enemy, it is hard to forget the bad things that have done to you. 

But always remember, how hard it is to forgive someone when Jesus Christ forgave you and died for you? he died and bore your sins, so how hard could it be to forgive someone?

In this world it is hard to forgive when life is hard and there will be a lot of times that you will be hurt, people will persecute you, condemned you and treat you bad. 

But Jesus said;

John 15:19-20 NIV

[19] If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. [20] Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

So always remember that you are not alone Jesus Christ will give you the heart of forgiveness, he will give you the strength to withstand trials, so he will be with you to FORGIVE and FORGET and most and above all is to LOVE.

To forgive, to forget and to Love is easy when you have a relationship with Jesus because you know that you belongs to him and what matter most is God's standard not the world standard.

How God designed a Woman as a Wife?

 

 How God designed a Woman as a Wife?

A God believer wife follow Gods commandment and know what God wants her to be as a wife. God created a woman as a helper of a man, not a helper that will clean, cook or to be treated like a servant but a helper in life.

·         HELPER means, ones that helps; as an assistant.

·         ASSISTANT means helping aid or subordinate.

·         SERVANT means a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties.

·         SLAVE means a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another.

            Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed⁶ every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature that was its name. ²⁰ The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam⁷ there was not found a helper fit for him.  – (Genesis 2:18)

So God created a woman to be a helper to a man that fit for him, because of all other Gods creation there was not found that will fit to a man that fit to him. So being a helper, assistant, subordinate of a man. As a woman we have a big role in man’s life. As a helper to a man we should assist a man in his life to be successful not a failure. As a woman we are created to be an assistant or subordinate so we not to rule over him but to be equal with him. But since man was created first, God wants a woman to submit to their husbands. A woman should submit to her husband, that’s what God created a wife for. Submission to a husband does not mean to be trampled upon or to be treated like a doormat. Submission is a natural response from a wife to her husband.

 

Husbands love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, ²⁶ that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, ²⁷ so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.^{1 28} in the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰ because we are members of his body. ³¹ therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” ³² This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. ³³ However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. – (Ephesians 5:25-33)

A man should submit to Christ like Christ submits to God so the woman should submit to their husbands. Biblical submission is designed to be between two Spirit-filled believers who are mutually yielded to each other and to God. Submission is a two-way street. Submission is a position of honor and completeness. When a wife is loved as the church is loved by Christ, submission is not difficult.

                        “The woman was made out of Adam’s side. She was not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved.”  - Matthew Henry

As a believer we should submit to one another for the reverence of Christ.

                        “Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.” – (Ephesians 5:19-21)

In a truth as a faithful believer of God we should be;

Worshipper

Thankful

Submissive

A wife should submit to her husband, not for the reason that as a woman we are inferior, but for the reason that, that is how God designed the marital relationship to function. Submission is not a wife’s to be treaded on by her husband. Rather, with the help of the Holy Spirit, a wife submits to her husband, and a husband sacrificially loves his wife.

The Creation of Woman
“The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. – (Genesis 2:24-25)

 

How Can We Be Saved?

How we will be saved ?

We have so many questions on our mind. How we will be saved? , What are we going to do to go to heaven?  Before,  I used to say that the only things we can do to go to heaven is doing good works, as long as we don't step on other toes and as long as we help others we will be saved.  I used to say I don't need to go to church as long as I'm doing good will to others then I will go to heaven.



All my perception was wrong until I attended a bible study, On my bible study I learned about salvation,  how we will be saved from all our sins and why we need salvation? I learned that there is an immeasurable gap separating God and man and the eternal separation between God and man is "SIN". So no matter how much we pray and meditate he will never hear us because our separation to God is not physical or intellectual, so neither meditation or knowledge can bring us any closer to God.  And now I realize the reason why I felt like no matter what I do and pray to God I still feel empty and feel lost.


 " Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. (KJV)" - I saiah 59: 1-2

We will all suffer the consequences of sin, which is eternal death and that is the punishment God has given to all mankind.

But our almighty God is loving and compassionate that he did not want that all the mankind will be eternally separated from us so he sent his one and only begotten son as a sacrifice of mans sins, Jesus Christ exchanged his righteousness for our sins. Because of His sinless life, Jesus was the only one qualified to pay the penalty for man’s sin and to bridge the gap between God and man.

 "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" -Galatians 3:13 (KJV)

Imagine giving up your child? Just to save other people? But because of his love to us he had to give up his only begotten son. Christ died on the cross so that we could receive forgiveness of our sins, be reconciled to God, and have eternal life. Because God's loves us that he does not want us to go to hell forever. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the penalty for sin by dying on the cross. In Christ, we experience forgiveness for our sins and eternal life. In Him we’re restored to right standing before God and given a new life as His children.

"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace"-Ephesians 1:7 NIV

We receive salvation when we stop trusting in ourselves and put our trust in what Christ did for us. Our salvation is a result of God’s grace. It’s based on what Jesus did for us on the cross. It has nothing to do with what we do for Him. We cannot save ourselves or earn God’s approval through the good works we do. We’re saved by God’s grace when we realize our need for a Savior, turn from sin, and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, putting our trust in Him alone for salvation.
So the only way we will be saved is when we recieve that Jesus Christ is our Lord and savior and we trust everything to our Lord Jesus Christ. We have to accept Jesus Christ that he is our Lord for us to be saved.

 

PRAYER FOR OUR SALVATION:
"Heavenly Father… I acknowledge that the separation between us… is because of my sin… I confess that I have sinned… and have fallen far short of Your glory… I thank You that You sent Your Son, Jesus… to pay the penalty for my sin… I believe that He died on the cross for me… I believe that You raised Him from the dead… I’m sorry for my sins… and I ask You to forgive and cleanse me… I want to turn away from everything the Bible calls sin… and receive You as my Lord, Master, and Savior…help me to love, serve, and obey You… for the rest of my life… in Jesus’ name. Amen!"