Love

Mark 4:21,
"And he said unto them, Is a candle brought
to be put under a bushel, or under a bed?
and not to be set on a candlestick?"

MARK 4:21-25

Just as a candle or lamp is not to be hid,
but rather displayed so that everyone can
benefit from its light, so a Christian must let
his light so shine before men that they might
see his good works and glorify his Father
which is in heaven.

God has ordained us to go and bring forth
fruit (John 15:16).
The great commission of the Church is to
reach the world.

The early Christians experienced the love
of Christ in an intimate and life-transforming
way.
This motivated them to reach their known
world with the Gospel of Christ more than
any other generation of Christians since.
They didn't have the benefits of our modern
technology, but they did have the benefit of
being full of the love of Christ.

Experiencing the love of Christ causes us to
be filled with the fullness of God
(Epesians. 3:19)
and makes us a witness that the world
cannot resist (John 13:35).

Today, much of the emphasis of the Church
is placed on techniques of evangelism or
spiritual warfare.

We motivate people to witness through
feelings of guilt or punishment if they don't.
Much of our evangelism has become as
dead and non-productive as the efforts of
the cults whose people knock on doors and
argue others into their way of thinking.

The Church today needs a revival of our
personal relationship with the Lord.

When we can truly say with Paul that the
love of Christ constrains us, then we will
impact our world for the Lord, too.

We can't give away what we don't possess.
We need to personally know the love of
Christ in an experiential way before we try
to share it with others.

We must let Him love us, and let His love
flow through us to others.

The world is hungry for love, real love!