Posted by
daddontsk8 on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:02:53 AM
We are called to love, yet it is not possible for love to come from the heart of man. Jesus told His disciples,
“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” - John 8:44
Your spouse can’t love, your mother can’t love, your father can’t love, your girlfriend or boyfriend can’t love, your teacher can’t love. Unless they have been reborn in Christ. Every relationship we have is not based on unconditional love, but rather is transactional. For many, even their love of Christ or of God is transactional.
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