Yes love, which is Father through Son Christ, really does love us all, and by belief (Faith) we have all that is needed for life and godliness. But if anyone doubts this, they have drawn back, trying to do it their way, as in the day of provocation they never entered his rest because of unbelief, and added IF I do this or that, surely God will love me more than Joe and Fred over there.
So I can say I believe and try real hard to be one with God, as Demons promote us to do, through many resources that appear to be good, when no one is good except God. and we are deceived by this promotion into doing our own works calling them God's, when they are not, most of this whole world is sold on works, over Faith, speaking about the death and what we need to do, in works as to say Thank you Lord and now watch me and my smoke, I am better that that Pharisee you see?
[h=3]Luke 18:9-14[/h]Living Bible (TLB)
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Then he told this story to some who boasted of their virtue and scorned everyone else:
[SUP]10 [/SUP]“Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a proud, self-righteous Pharisee, and the other a cheating tax collector. [SUP]11 [/SUP]The proud Pharisee ‘prayed’ this prayer: ‘Thank God, I am not a sinner like everyone else, especially like that tax collector over there! For I never cheat, I don’t commit adultery, [SUP]12 [/SUP]I go without food twice a week, and I give to God a tenth of everything I earn.’
[SUP]13 [/SUP]“But the corrupt tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed, but beat upon his chest in sorrow, exclaiming, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ [SUP]14 [/SUP]I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home forgiven! For the proud shall be humbled, but the humble shall be honored.”
So now today, have we gotten the idea, that we are better than the Pharisee?