1 Yhvh gave us free will that "without" his control on us we might come to know Him well enough to choose Him as our "Friend"! It is man who put restrictions and controls on us!
2 Yhvh and Yeshua's method of ruling is to serve, not as a king but as a servant, as was demonstrated by our Lord when he washed the disciples’ feet.
3 To imitate Almighty God is to mourn a fellow believers pain and to rejoice in their being lifted out of their need.
4 To serve Yhvh and Yeshua is to serve the needs of others, to the point of equality.
5 If you serve Almighty God for what you hope to get out of it, you have missed the whole of it all and are serving as a goat. Solomon said to those: "Eat drink and be merry for that is your reward on earth". We do not serve Almighty God for a chance to live in heaven. We become friends with Almighty God. And just as we would, He wants His "friends" with him forever. Eternal life is the byproduct of the relationship, not the goal!
6 For those of you who decline the open hand of friendship, Paul said you would simply perish completely. It is man who feels man has to be threatened to come to befriend God. They fail to realize that a friend through coercion is not a friend at heart but a servant by force.
7 We don't understand what is meant by knowing "Love". To know "Love" is to know the "Love of God". To express the "Love of God" is to have that same "Love" for all who seek Yhvh.
2 Yhvh and Yeshua's method of ruling is to serve, not as a king but as a servant, as was demonstrated by our Lord when he washed the disciples’ feet.
3 To imitate Almighty God is to mourn a fellow believers pain and to rejoice in their being lifted out of their need.
4 To serve Yhvh and Yeshua is to serve the needs of others, to the point of equality.
5 If you serve Almighty God for what you hope to get out of it, you have missed the whole of it all and are serving as a goat. Solomon said to those: "Eat drink and be merry for that is your reward on earth". We do not serve Almighty God for a chance to live in heaven. We become friends with Almighty God. And just as we would, He wants His "friends" with him forever. Eternal life is the byproduct of the relationship, not the goal!
6 For those of you who decline the open hand of friendship, Paul said you would simply perish completely. It is man who feels man has to be threatened to come to befriend God. They fail to realize that a friend through coercion is not a friend at heart but a servant by force.
7 We don't understand what is meant by knowing "Love". To know "Love" is to know the "Love of God". To express the "Love of God" is to have that same "Love" for all who seek Yhvh.