The most well known verse is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." That is God prove he love us sinners. The big question is how can we return his love to him and gratitude for his loving grace? Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. The bible say to love God we must obey and keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. In other words we must be obedient to God and obey him. For the fear of God is to hate evil or sin. Sin is the breaking of God law. Some acts of sin is adultery, lying, abortion homosexuality, steeling, murder, covetous, hatred for no reason, envy, lusting after the flesh, loving pleasures more than lovers of God etc. A true Christian does never defend or justify sin in fact a true Christian should hate sin and ask God to forgive him for being born in sin. Jesus Christ comes to save us from sin. My brethren feel free to hate me, but rests assure I love you. I have committed myself to God to preach against sin and I know because of a guilty conscience many of you will hate me just like in the past how they hated Christ as a man. If you feeling guilty thank God, it is a good thing then you can change for the better. If you do not feel guilty o God I pray for you because you become proud and justify your sinful way of life, which will lead to everlasting torment. God is creator, look at the word God add the letter o in God it becomes good, the devil is destroyers, take away the letter d and it becomes evil. My point is everything about God is just and holy, he can do no wrong and he cannot sin. The devil is the super deceiver and always does destruction. You cannot serve two masters. With God there is no grey area, if it is not good it is bad. We conclude to love God is the beginning of wisdom but even more important to love God is to hate sin. Never compromise with sin. To sin is to please the devil while hurting God feelings. To love god is to keep his commandments, this will hurt the devil while proving you love God. Remember if you preach against sin the world will hate you and you become public enemy number 1. But for God you become the apple in his eye. May God bless you and keep you, Amen.
Yours truly,
Brother Richard Gumbs
