If we say, “I love to go to church” we have to be
careful because we may experience Eros love that expects some kind of return.
If we can say “I love to be the church while I’m at church.” We may experience Agape
love that is God’s love with no conditions. The quality of love is in the other
centered character building.
A psychiatrist friend said, "every cell of our bodies has a connection to some emotion." I have discovered an extension of that. Every cell in our bodies can be connected to the irreplaceable Jesus and the absolute kingdom of Jehovah.
Values are things we hold most important. The love Jesus gives
uproots our value system and moves us to experience love value without
expecting any return.
When we were being loved by Jehovah God and we did not
know we were, He did not expect anything in return. It is called unconditional
love-grace, Agape. When we love someone like a child, we expect something in
return, loyalty, Eros love. When we give Christ our willingness, that
connection establishes the higher love agape and our expectations change. We,
too, can experience unconditional love action.
It appears God changed His information strategy. Once in
the Old Testament, He wanted to hear, demanded to hear answers from people. In
the New Testament, He doesn’t demand but invites [ often in silence, allowing
free will] to see Jesus as He is and come home.
We used fox hole religion to refer to asking God to spare
our lives during war engagements. “If you will save my life, I will serve
you the rest of my life.” Now we call it quid pro quo. “If you will grant
me health, I will serve you better.” We do not need to bargain with God to
get to the best steps on a staircase. God already met us on the bottom step
with his Son Jesus, coming down to meet us. We only need to do ONE thing,
accept His willingness to join our lives.
As an innocent child takes his first step, by himself,
God sends his innocent son to step for us, His innocence covers our personal
guilt. But we have to accept the Son’s walk.
In ancient Greek literature, the word for love was a
verb, agapen. Early Christians had to invent a word for God’s
unconditional love in Christ. They developed a noun, agape.
When we look upon children, we see potential. I know they
are innocent, and adults are not. But, every day, we should look upon people as
to what and how they can become better instead of always correcting their
faults. Christ showed us this love. Love first. Legislate second.
To realize God’s ultimate truth through the person Jesus
does not damage life but helps us rise to that very truth as new persons. The
decision we need to give up is the self-will. When we do that, all other fake
beliefs and actions can be modified.
A search for other beings is a search for ultimate,
complete science and truth. Science seeks to discover the underlying laws of
Nature and the universe. Any weakness in science cannot be explained with
philosophy. Science weakness can only be explained by the spirit of life.
Ultimate reality is not found in outer space but inner space. When Jehovah God
placed himself into His own creation flesh as his son Jesus, He created ultimate
reality and completeness of all things.
Perhaps a Christ follower should be like the cedar tree
when you strike it with an ax, it bleeds its fragrance onto the very blade
that strikes it.
