The Love Of God For All Mankind
A key is an instrument which gives access to a place or thing. The One who has the key, by virtue of Who He is, is the One who reveals the worth, and usefulness of it. To the use the "keys of the Kingdom" of heaven, that which is of God, there is always the intent or purpose of God, and His accompanying authority. God's gives access to that which He desires and wills for His highest purposes, and the eternal blessing of men.
The Love Of God For All Mankind
The love of God is exactly that...the Love OF God. True love, in its purest and most holy and good form, is revealed in the nature of God, and the actions made visibly real by His works. God not only would declare that He IS love, but proved it by loving the unlovely, His enemies, and those who would reject Him. Those who did had no idea of what true love is, for it is perfectly selfless and perfectly giving.
The Discipline Of Waiting Upon God
It is one thing to trust God from time to time, often because of the consciousness of need and the difficulty of circumstances. It is quite another to trust the Spirit of God for the discipline to daily, even hourly and moment by moment, look to the Savior for all things, for He is our Life. He is faithful to respond to all and every act and attitude of trust, for in response to faith, He rewards those who seek Him.
The Centrality Of The Cross
Why is the cross so central in the message of the Gospel? It is because of what transpired there, that which was demonstrated, accomplished, and declared for all the world to see and know. By Christ dying on the cross, a way was provided for mankind to know forgiveness of sins that he might receive eternal life. By the cross, the love of God for every person was proven, and eternally confirmed.
Behold I Come Quickly
Those who recognized the Lord Jesus when He came to walk on this earth were those who were looking for Him. They were also those who trusted in God to reveal Him to them, as was the case of Simeon and Ana in the temple when Christ was a babe. The call of God today is for every believer to look for His coming, live in the light of His appearing, walking in a manner honoring to Him while waiting.
The Revelation That Changed Everything
God deals with men by revelation, that unveiling of Himself, making Himself known unto men. How? For Moses it was in a flame of fire in a bush. For the Apostle Paul, it was in a blinding light on the road to Damascus. For most of mankind, it is the empowering work of the Spirit to make real His word to the heart, as is revealed in the Scriptures. God is Life, Light, Love, declared by the Scriptures, made real by the Spirit to the seeking soul.
The God Who Is There
How is it that God is everywhere, and yet we see Him upon His throne in heaven? And how is it that a very small man, even a sinful man, can be enabled to meet this God, know cleansing from sin before Him, and receive His very Life by the Spirit? It is because of the fact that He IS and that He is a REWARDER of those who truly, diligently seek Him by faith. God works in the heart to make known His presence.
The Dominating Passion Of Doing The Will Of God
There are many "wills" on this earth, as many as are the people who inhabit it. However, there is but ONE will of God, of Christ, of the Spirit of God. It is a will expressed not only in words of truth, but in Spirit. How is it known? Only by faith in the faithfulness of God, who can reveal it to the heart. The Spirit of God takes the objective truth of the Word of God, and makes it come alive in wisdom and life.
The Call To Bear Much Fruit
Bearing of fruit in the life means basically letting the life of Christ being revealed in the believer. The fruit of the Spirit is the fruit of Jesus' life, and this in either great measure or small. The will of God, according to the purpose of God in giving His Son to die on the cross for all men, was that Christ should be formed in the soul and heart of the believer, and manifested on this earth by faith through the life.
Putting On Jesus Christ
It is one thing to trust God for the forgiveness of sins because of the finished work of Calvary, and the power of the Spirit to save. It is quite another to trust Christ to fill the believer by the Spirit, and thus, by faith, take Jesus Christ as his or her life, putting ON the Lord Jesus. That which is essential for both needs, and at the same time eternal blessing, is faith in the faithfulness of God according to His word.