Living as the Beloved: Love That Transforms Community

So the this this kind of love, this is not human love. This what we're talking about today is is not us love. I mean, we do have, we did, we do have a natural human love, don't we? Yes. And and the the problem is that natural human love, mankind kind of love is is really based on self interest. Yeah. As long as I'm interested in you, then you get my love. [01:00:14] (34 seconds)  #LoveBeyondSelfInterest

Now, the god kind of love is not like this. As long as the god kind of love is is totally different. It's like it's like x it's it's it's a outer space kind of love. It's it's it's like what what do they call that when the UFOs flying around? Extraterrestrial. Yeah. Thank you. Extraterrestrial kind of love. It's coming from out there. It it's a lot. The Bible says, that while we were, while we were yet enemies, you know that ain't no human love. While we were enemies, god sent his son to die for his enemies. Jesus was tortured on the cross for his enemies. That's a new kind of love. [01:00:49] (52 seconds)  #OtherworldlyLove

``See, to love people in tough times is is when is when it's going to cost you something. To love people when it's going to cost you something is not natural love. Jesus, it cost Jesus to love you. He was tortured to love you. But what we tend to do with natural human love is if it's gonna cost me something, I'm a go find somebody else. [01:04:04] (43 seconds)  #CostlyLove

So see, a lot of things that we're seeing happening in the world are because people at the top don't know how much their creator loves them. Yeah. And so they do things and make decisions and go after things and make and make all kinds of things, bad things happen because they don't know. Same thing happens in your house. If you don't know, you make bad things happen in your house. [01:08:46] (31 seconds)  #LoveGuidesLeadership

A lot of times when when Christian I'm talking about Christians. We tend to think that we have we have another relationship with god. Like, Jesus has Jesus has the ultimate relationship with god and then there's us. Right? And we just we we could have to we have a little bit of relationship with god kinda like what Jesus has but it's like like a miniature relationship or or or a smaller relationship but you know, that's not what he said. He he accepted you in the blood. The same relationship that Jesus has with the father, you have with the father also. [01:13:57] (46 seconds)  #SameRelationshipAsJesus

I I tell you, I was telling the first service. I told him, this this are are you still with me? Yeah. This this is like righteousness on steroids. Because because like we talk about righteousness. Receive the righteousness of god. Seek ye first the righteousness of god. But listen, when you really get it, you're not separated. You're not in a second class relationship. You're in the beloveds. [01:16:18] (29 seconds)  #NoSecondClassBeloved

See, why? Because he had a relationship with almighty god. Yeah. All of his needs are always gonna be met. God's gonna always take care of him because he is the beloved, and you are the beloved. But you gotta change the way that you think. You gotta change the way that you talk. You gotta change the way that you pray. Jesus is the first beloved and you are in the beloved. Jesus believed the father loved him. [01:17:19] (40 seconds)  #InTheBeloved

Are are you all getting it? Yes. And the day is coming when when when god is gonna wanna show the world a people that that that aren't that aren't scratching and clawing and killing and stealing and taking. But a people that's that does good to others. A people that gives to others. A people that loves others. A people that lifts others. Uh-huh. But you can only do that if you know somebody else is lifting you. If you got a father who cares for you, if you got a father who's supplying for you, then you can be a source, a resource, a reservoir for somebody else. You don't have to divide. You don't have to hate. You don't have to take. [01:18:41] (46 seconds)  #BeAReservoir