Go The Distance with People, because you going the distance with people might be the love people need to change, but if you give up on people, and you are quick to let people go, then where is your love?
Brothers and sisters, what if GOD did not go the distance with you?
What if GOD was not patient with you? What if GOD gave up on you?
Brothers and sisters, Where would you and I be if GOD was like most professing Christians, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Hebrew Israelite’s, religious folks, self-righteous religious folks, and religious hypocrites?
(Matthew 5:41) JESUS SAYS, And whosoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two.
(John 6:35-37) JESUS SAYS, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall never thirst.
But I said unto you, That you also have seen me, and do not believe me.
All that the Father gives me shall come to me; AND HIM THAT COMES TO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT.
Brothers and sisters, JESUS SAYS, “All that the Father gives me shall come to me; AND HIM THAT COMES TO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT.”
Brothers and sisters, sometimes you have to go past people to get to JESUS, because not all people who claim to be followers of JESUS are like CHRIST JESUS, and neither do they love or forgive like CHRIST JESUS loves and forgives, so you have go past people to get to the real JESUS CHRIST, so you can receive real love!~
Every Christian, Jew, Catholic, Muslim, Hebrew Israelite, and every day person, claims they love GOD and they love people, but if you do not possess the love of GOD which JESUS lived out every day of his life, then neither are you or your love real, and you need to examine yourself by CHRIST JESUS to see if you love like JESUS loves, that you might know if you are in the faith or not, because if you’re a true follower of JESUS CHRIST, then people shall know you by your love!
(MATTHEW 5:38-48) JESUS SAYS, You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
And whosoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two.
Give to him that ask you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not you away.
You have heard that it has been said, you shall love your neighbour, and hate your enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
(2 Corinthians 13:5) Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know you not your own selves, how that JESUS CHRIST is in you, except you be reprobates?
(John 13:35) JESUS SAYS, By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one to another.
People, This is my love for you, I love you enough to tell you the absolute truth even if the truth hurts you, this is my love for you, but is this type of love in you, that is the question?
(Matthew 18:21-22) Then came Peter to JESUS, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
Till seven times? JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I SAY NOT UNTO YOU, UNTIL SEVEN TIMES: BUT, UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.
(Proverbs 24:16-18) FOR A JUST MAN FALLS SEVEN TIMES, AND RISES UP AGAIN: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Brothers and sisters, some of you Christians, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Hebrew Israelite’s, and self-righteous religious fanatics are killers and destroyers, and you can’t wait to see a brother of sister fall, make a mistake, sin, and fall short of GOD’S glory, because you want to be there to kick them while they are down, and pray for their down fall!
And you’re so deceived and self-righteous, that you actually think GOD is with you, and GOD is just like you!…………….lol~
You’re so deceived in self-righteousness and your own religion, that it is impossible for you to imagine or even come to grips with forgiving someone seven times seventy times!
You’re so deceived in self-righteousness and your own religion, that it is impossible for you to imagine or even come to grips with forgiving a brother or sister falling seven times, and them rising back up again after every fall!
Brothers and sisters, Are you so deceived and self-righteous, that you can’t comprehend not casting anyone out that comes to you!
You’re so deceived in self-righteousness, that you cannot see yourself going the distance with someone, or them compelling you to go two miles with them after you struggled to go one mile with them!
But you call yourself a Christian, you claim to be followers of JESUS CHRIST, and you claim to have the love of GOD in you!……………..Hmmmph~
“CHECK YOURSELF, AND SEE IF YOU ARE REALLY IN THE FAITH OR NOT, BECAUSE WE SHALL KNOW YOU BY YOUR LOVE, AND IF CHRIST JESUS IS REALLY IN YOU, THEN YOU SHOULD LOVE PEOPLE LIKE CHRIST JESUS LOVES YOU!”~
(2 Corinthians 13:5-6) Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know you not your own selves, how that JESUS CHRIST is in you, except you be reprobates?
But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates.
Maddie says
But would Jesus keep loving a person in willful sin? For instance, homosexuality, or would He tell them to go and sin no more? How about John the Baptizer? Jesus spoke of John as being one of the greatest men born of women. What was John doing? He was telling people to repent of their sins….
Reese Kemp says
Going the Distance with someone means not giving up on them before the time. There is always hope for salvation or truth or repentance for a person until the day they die. It does not mean that you still have to have them active in your life, but always pray for, hold hope for, and speak truth to them in love. There are people who are quick to judge, meaning they hold a harsh, mean spirited attitude towards them. Yes, Jesus still loves those in homosexuality or any sin.
Romans 5:6-8
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.