If we believe in Jesus Christ, meaning, if we believe that Jesus Christ actually existed, that Jesus Christ is a Wonderful Counselor and that we should do as Jesus Christ instructs us, that Jesus Christ was sent by God, and that Jesus Christ is actually God in the flesh, our primary act of belief in Him is fulfilling His commandment to love one another.
God does not command us to feel an emotion. God commands us to act; to give ourselves to one another sacrificially, even as He gave His Son to us sacrificially. The emotion that we colloquially call love is our reward for giving ourselves.
Jesus saved the day at a wedding at the behest of the mother whom He loved, because Jesus’ ministry was not about ceremonial law or sacrifices, but about love.
2 Kings 6:26-27 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
April 3, 2011
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God’s commandment’s provide us with principles by which we should act, overriding our desires. We have an obligation to not fulfill our own wants or needs, if to do so violates the principles that God has given us.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
January 23, 2011
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We can only pass God’s test by implementing wisdom in our lives, disciplining our desires to listen to the rebukes of life, fear God, and keep His commandments. We have to modify our propensity to act on our desires and rather comply with God’s commands. When we do so, we become wise.
Numbers 27:1-4 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
July 4, 2010
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There is a Divine inheritance for each one that resolves to do as Jesus says and follow the commandment of God, which is how we worship and glorify God. Those in the world that do not know the Lord will offer us alternatives based upon their own imaginations and the prompting of the devil, but our allegiance to God is shown through our decision to follow the commandments of God.
Matthew 22:34-40 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
May 24, 2009
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Jesus became a man, and increased His stature above perfection by not just obeying the law perfectly, but by sacrificing Himself for mankind. To sacrifice for someone else rather than to place blame on them is the true meaning of the Golden Rule, Matthew 7:12:
12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Luke 19:11-14 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
March 29, 2009
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The devil is here to try to shake our faith, but we should recognize that to believe in Jesus Christ means that we maintain our allegiance to Him regardless of negative circumstances.
