LETTING GO OF HATRED

  Rev. Kay

1 John 4:14-21 Sometimes we find it easy to love God, but have difficulty loving other people. Yet true spiritual renewal means that we must grow to love God and others. God has so intertwined our love for Him with our love for others that when we seek God and surrender to Him, He requires us to give up our hatred and prejudice. We must love others with His love. And we can only do this through forgiveness.

The Apostle John wrote, "God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him...If anyone says, 'I love God,' yet hates his brother , he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And He has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother."

If we love God, God doesn't give us the option of hating our brothers and sisters. He doesn't even give us the option of hating our enemies. Jesus said, "I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you" (Luke 6:27-28). When we surrender to God, we must release our hatred, our prejudice and our bitterness to them. Surrender to God means forgiving and living a life of love.

  Moses Hogan Chorale - I Thank You Jesus



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