God loves the world; God loves man; God loves people. That's why He gave His son. He sacrificed His only son for the world not for the church. He came for the gentiles not for the Jews. His interest is and will always be in the world. [John 3:16-17].
Go ye into the world and preach the gospel (truth and love).
Let your light so shine before men that they may see and glorify your father in heaven
The closer you are to God, the more you begin to love what He loves. The simple acid test to show how close you are to God is in the things you love.
Any believer who has no interest in people needs to recheck their salvation. Any church that has no hunger to see people saved and delivered needs to go back to the drawing board of salvation. Any organization that has no interest in its people has lost its primary asset and can't stand.
God's greatest passion is to reconcile man with Him and reconcile man to his original self (a god). That is the summary of the gospel. As His church, who now believes and is reconciled with Him, He has committed to us same ministry of reconciliation. [2nd Corinthians 5:18].
Activate your passion for people to allow our seamless functions of being Christ's ambassadors. Jesus Christ is the embassy of Heaven. No one can go to heaven without going through it's embassy. Just like every country has it's embassy and if you must enter the U.S, you must go through it's embassy and not that of China. This doesn't mean the Chinese embassy or other embassies are not valid. It just means the only way into the US is through its own embassy. Thank God for other religions but the only valid access to heaven is Jesus. [John 14:6].
In Genesis 3, all of mankind lost their citizenship of heaven. It is now our responsibility to get them to receive back their Visas which must be through their accepting Jesus. No Jesus, no heaven. Your good deeds and achievements are not enough to take you into heaven. Thank God for them. Calling Lord Lord will also not guarantee you visa to heaven until you have come through the only way, medium and embassy which is Christ. Even though He has already forgiven your sins, you still got to come to Him to gain access.
Every believer has been empowered to be an embassy. Jesus is the head embassy and we are all mobile embassies who should go into the world through our jobs, businesses, the media, everywhere and advertise our home country heaven where the government has paid for everything and is a glorious breathtaking place but can only be accessed through the embassy. Dubai advertises it glamour and beauty inviting the world to come to it but must go through it's embassies no matter how much you wish to invest in it.
Why Does God Love Man?
1) God loves man because God loves himself.
2) God loves man so each time he looks at man he can see himself always. When God looks at the birds, trees, animals, he doesn't see himself but his handy work. But when God looks at you He sees himself, his image. God created man just so he can love him. This is why he is strongly jealous of man. He doesn't want to share him with any other.
There is absolutely nothing you can do to make God love you, nothing. He just loves you by default. There is nothing good enough you can do to make God love you. From Genesis to Revelation, no where was it stated the reason why God loves us. There is simply no reason. He just does. While you were yet a sinner, Christ died for you... [Romans 5:8]. Every human you see is a target of God's love.
3) God loves man because God is committed to man as He is committed to Himself.
When man sinned, the image of God was distorted. So when God looked at man, He didn't see himself anymore. So he needed that straightened out and he sent Jesus.
The devil didn't set the price of redemption, God did. When man disobeyed, the price was death as God warned. But then, He rather Jesus paid that price on our behalf by dying that we may live.
Conclusion
Your only prove of loving God, is loving people, and this can only be expressed by bringing them through every means including the works of your hands to Him, through the embassy of Jesus. Hallelujah!
This post was inspired by the teaching of my mentor, Dr. Myles Munroe (of blessed memory).
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