KHANDIE'S KORNER - Februarey 20, 2005 | |
Timely Insights into God's Word from Khandielese Reyes | |
This Weeks Message- (scripture taken from King James Version) "POSSESS THE GREATEST GIFT" Though
I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And
though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and
though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth
me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is
kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave
itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth
not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity
never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues,
they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part shall be done away. When I
was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as child,
I though as a child: but when I became man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then
face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity. (1st
Cor 13:1-130 Throughout
the word of God we can find countless of scripture with reference to the topic of love. In
fact the bible in and of itself is one great love story as the most quoted scripture of
all declares: For God
so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Yes, it began with LOVE and shall end with LOVE and
although love is the most powerful gift one can possess,
it is in my opinion as well as others, the
least demonstrated in the church today. For
the greatest commandment given to man was this: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. (Matt: Ive
heard it said by many believers that theyve been MORE mistreated, spoken evil of,
and hurt by unkind, unloving speech from other Professing believers than from
those who are of this world. I, being a
recipient of such evil can strongly attest to
this. However, this should not be so within
the body of Christ. For it is the
responsibility of EVERY professing believer to walk in LOVE one towards another according
to the commandment of our Lord, and demonstrate to the world Christ and who we are IN Him
THROUGH our outward love and kindness towards one another.
If the world can only see bitterness, bigotry, dissention and such in the
church, then to them we are not set apart as a peculiar and different people,
but have become or rather remained as they are. Thus,
the see no difference (other than by name) between an individual who profess to be Christian,
and another who is not. And through the lack
of love in the church, the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ is mocked by the world. We
are commanded not only to love one another who are in the body, but are also
commanded to love those outside of the body. The
lost sheep, whove yet to enter into the fold. For
we are not better than they, nor are we less of a sinner than they. The only difference is we (Christians, but sadly
not all) have REPENTED of our sins and have accepted the gift of forgiveness and salvation
through Jesus Christ our Lord, and those who are of this world have yet to do so. But, we are STILL sinners, saved by the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, thus we should not become puffed up nor arrogant misusing this
grace, but all the more should remain humble and eagerly desiring to share with others
what our Beloved has given to us. Therefore,
it is imperative that we not turn away ANY who are seeking the truth, by displaying an
unloving and unkind heart towards them having no mercy nor compassion. For if we do such,
we shall INDEED be held accountable for every soul that entered into the gates of hell due
to the arrogance and pride of the church who was unwilling to share the love of Yshua
with one of his very own lost sheep. Neither
should we judge a man based upon outward appearance, economical status, educational
background and such as a reason to turn or receive him into the church for this is foolishness and very displeasing to the
Lord. For many of you in the body judge a mans
worth based upon his/her physical appearance, and economical status as to whether or not
hes worthy of your love and acceptance when the truth of the matter is
that NONE of us is truly WORTHY of the Love and Acceptance of Abba our Father, whether we
are rich or poor, white, black, brown, red, yellow, educated (by the worlds
standard) or uneducated, big, little, whatever the state of man, NONE are truly worthy. Yet weve been MADE worthy THROUGH the blood
of the sacrificial LAMB OF GOD, Yeshua Ha Machiach! JESUS
made us acceptable in the eyes of Abba our Father, we can do nothing of our own works to
be worthy enough to receive His love. Therefore,
why must another, because of our lack of love feel they must work towards
being worthy or feeling worthy enough to receive the love and
acceptance of the church? We must examine
ourselves and CAREFULLY that we not continue to disgrace the name of the Lord in this
manner. For the world express their love
according to the flesh as they are led by the flesh and driven by their
emotions, YET the church (Body of Christ0 should be expressing our love according to the
Spirit, being LED by the Spirit, and following the example of our Lord. And if HE can love and forgive us, we ought to be
able to love and forgive one another and express this love in genuine outward kindness. While
the church today seeks many gifts from the Lord, many spiritual gifts from the Holy
Spirit, I pray that we would ALL seek to Possess
The GREATEST Gift and that being LOVE! For
without it, everything else is meaningless. For
what good are gifts if we have not Love? What
purpose does it serve if one has outward good works, and yet inwardly is
filled with bitterness and hate? What good
does it do to profess the LIGHT and yet not walk IN the LIGHT whereby shining
that LIGHT in a wicked and darkened world? What
good is the confession, when the heart seeks the opposite?
Possess The Greatest Gift
my friends. Receive it, be FILLED UP WITH
IT, allow it to consume you, and thus POUR IT OUT upon one another! THIS is the commandment of our Lord, that we should
LOVE one another
..EVEN as HE has loved us! I love you all so very much. Have a blessed week in the Lord and remember: Whatever we do, do ALL for the GLORY of GOD, who ALONE is worthy of the GLORY and the PRAISE! The Lord be with you this day and always! Shalom Uvracha (Peace and Blessings)
.. Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh,
May the peace of the Lord be with you today and always KhandieleseDaughter & Servant of the Lord God |
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