LOVE NEVER DEMANDS ITS OWN WAY

LOVE NEVER DEMANDS IT'S OWN WAY

The campaign slogan of K. Ross Newland

Galatians 13:4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 13:6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

All that these verses say about what love is and isn't, is summed up in the phrase, “Love never  demands its own way”

Where there is divisiveness, where there is judgmental attitude, where there are those who would force their views on others and demand their own way in the lives of others, there is a lack of love. Arrogance and pride and self serving attitudes show a lack of love. Quick tempers, gossip, tale bearing, come from a lack of love.

When someone is a slave to their sin nature, we as Christians need to explain that their choices are destructive. If they receive that word, then you have saved a life. If they do not receive that word, then you have done what you can and you need to leave them in the hands of GOD and cover them in prayer.

There is no place in the teachings of JESUS the CHRIST that would suggest you would share the stories about HIM and if they do not believe, that you would raise a gang of Christians together and bully and chastise those who do not believe in HIM.

There is room in America for every type of culture and lifestyle and belief system to live in peace. You and I, the ambassadors of peace, the representatives of the PRINCE of PEACE, must strive with all men to be peaceable in the face of attack. We must love people into submission, not beat them down or legislate them into submission.

We have far too long rejected the teaching of the our LORD and MASTER, to follow the teachings and precepts of men. If there is to be any hope for peace, for revival, for a true awakening in the nation, it must come from the spirit of gentleness JESUS modeled for us. HE was silent and without complaint while being hung on a cross. HIS voice was not heard in the streets. Yet, our voices are raised in a blood curdling scream of fear and indignation at the idea that two men might want to marry each other. This is not the example JESUS set down.

JESUS said “love your enemies and do good to those who spitefully use you”. HE said not to repay evil for evil. Yet, can there be anything more evil than to do things in the name of JESUS that JESUS never said to do? Can there be anything more evil than rejecting the plan of GOD for the plans of men? Can there be anything more evil then the hubris and pride of human beings who feel they cannot trust the GOD they have trusted their immortal souls to?

I do not write these things to shame you are out of any angst or distress. I just write these things that you will question who you are following and of what spirit they are. It is the spirit of the world, the spirit of self, the spirit of the adversary, that demands it's own way. The SPIRIT of GOD unifies. The spirit of Satan tears asunder.