{"id":547448,"date":"2020-01-28T03:49:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.163.82.222\/?p=547448"},"modified":"2020-01-28T03:49:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:49:25","slug":"greater-love-has-no-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenshamblinbooks.com\/?p=547448","title":{"rendered":"Greater Love Has No One&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ScriptureBody\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;\" align=\"left\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyTextBody\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Who would have thought that this Omnipresent, Omni-powerful <span class=\"GodNamesSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">God<\/span><\/span> is <span class=\"LoveSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Love<\/span><\/span> and all He ever wanted\u2026is <span class=\"LoveSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Love<\/span><\/span>?! Who would have thought that our interactions with mankind could be condensed to <span class=\"LoveSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Love<\/span><\/span>? The Bible is summarized into\u2026<span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">what would I want someone to do to or for me<\/span><\/span>\u2026or\u2026<span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">do to others as you would have them do to you<\/span><\/span>. These were simply sayings or words that you heard in Sunday School but they were not principles you purposed above all or that consumed your life. Who would have thought that giving LOVE is the beginning and end of all salvation here on Earth and in Heaven? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyTextBody\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"GodNamesSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">God<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"> loved so much that He <span class=\"Bodytextbolditalic\">GAVE<\/span> His Son. <span class=\"JesusSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Jesus<\/span><\/span> was so grounded on the concept of giving that when he arrived on Earth, he <span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">loved<\/span><\/span> so much that he <span class=\"Bodytextbolditalic\">GAVE<\/span>. If you claim Christianity and <span class=\"JesusSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Christ <\/span><\/span>as your Savior, then you imitate his behavior and walk in his footsteps, transforming your mind with a Christ-like mindset. <span class=\"JesusSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Jesus Christ <\/span><\/span>loved the world so much that he <span class=\"Bodytextbolditalic\">GAVE<\/span>. The fruit that is born from burgeoning Remnant Churches under this emphasis of imitating <span class=\"JesusSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Christ\u2019s<\/span><\/span> life of giving is remarkable to behold. The next emphasis is not a one-time gift to the Church but a daily mindset of sacrificial giving.\u2026we are to give, <span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">give<\/span><\/span> again and then <span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">give<\/span><\/span> some more. <em>\u201c<span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.\u201d John 15:13-14<\/span><\/span> <\/em><span class=\"JesusSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Christ <\/span><\/span><span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">surrendered<\/span><\/span> his life<span class=\"Bodytextitalics\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">. <\/span><\/span>So we are to have that same great love and forfeit our life, for there is no greater <span class=\"LoveSpecial-words\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Love<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyTextBody\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">For more on this topic, read <a href=\"http:\/\/weighdown.com\">History of the Love of God, Volume II &#8211; A Love More Ancient than Time\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyTextBody\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyTextBody\" style=\"text-align: left; line-height: normal;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 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