God is Love, Nothing More
Pastor Jerry Wilhite,
author
God is all about love and after reading this you will understand that. God is not about ritual, traditions, condemnation, revenge, judging, or unforgiving. These are things man has added to keep people in churches of the world. Mankind will use fear, insecurity, lack, or what ever else is available to keep a person down and in a church of the word.
What can I say that is not already said in this one Bible passage?
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.
17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Don’t forget what Jesus said.
Matthew 22
37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Who is our neighbor?
Luke 10
29. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30. And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
37. And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Judging - we are not to judge period.
Matthew 7
1. Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4. Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5. Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
John 3
17. For God sent not his Son into the world to judge (condemn) the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
In translation the word judge became condemn.
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There are three things we must do.
Beyond that, the rest is given. If we do not judge, and we forgive, and we believe in Jesus then the promises are ours, all of them.
Promises
Here are just a few of the many promises we have from the Lord. You can read and find more on your own but these get the point across:
John 3
15. That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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.
1 Peter 2
24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Peter 5
7. Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Philippians 4
13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
19. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Mark 10
28. Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
29. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
30. But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Mark 11
22. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
God loves us so that He gave His only begotten Son to save us from the world, our selves, death, hell, sickness, and so much more. For someone to consider Him to be anything but a loving God, the person could not possibly know Him. It’s either that or they are an agent of Satan. Of course Satan will do all he can to make God out to be anything but loving or else he loses.
Why do you think so many teach against the Spirit and faith? It’s because they are the two most deadly things to Satan and the world.
Ephesians 2
8. for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Satan knows full well if we ever get a handle on faith we will not just be victorious but he will be defeated. Satan has to keep us out of the Spirit to keep us out of faith.
John 4
23. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
If you are hearing from God be sure you are check to verify it is God and not Satan. Remember Satan can imitate light.
1 John 4
1. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3. and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
How can we learn from the true source if we do not know we can or are suppose to? How can we be sure it is God if we do not know how to verify it is God?
Hosea 4
6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, (this next part does pertain to you, read Rev 1:6) that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
There are crazy teachings out there, like "Once saved always saved"
2 Thessalonians 2
3. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
I know you may have been taught that the falling away is the rapture, but read on and you may be shocked.
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Strong's Ref. # 646
Romanized apostasia
Pronounced ap-os-tas-ee'-ah
feminine of the same as GSN0647; defection from truth (properly, the state) ["apostasy"]:
KJV--falling away, forsake.
How can defection from or forsaking the truth be the rapture? This is a falling away of the faithful. How can that be if we are "Once saved always saved"? It means that the statement is not true.
One of the most common is "Being baptized with water equals salvation." If that were the case, then why did Jesus have to die? Why did John the Baptist say that one would follow whom would baptize with the Holy Ghost and with fire? Why then did not all of the apostles get baptized in water?
Matthew 3
11. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
You see these and so many other lies have been told so long that people accept them simply because so many others have believed and propagated them.
I do not believe in man's religion, denominations, etc, but only that which is of the Spirit and God. The truth can only be found in the Spirit and God.
So why do so many people who are purely physical say they believe?
Back in the 16th century many that believed had minor differences of opinion that caused division. Over time the divisions have grown and become canyons that in most cases can not be bridged..
Matthew 12
25. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
Not even a full generation had passed since Jesus was on the earth before division started forming.
1 Corinthians 1
11. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul(insert the name of your church in place of Paul); and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
I tell you this because it is not man that is supposed to teach, but God, and God alone.
John 14
26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Think about the above verse. We are to be taught all things, not just things of God but all things via the Holy Ghost. You read in John 4:23-24 that God is a Spirit; so it is God who is supposed to teach you all things.
Are you 100% sure about your salvation or what you know about God?
I am. This is not because I am special, but because I do not know Him on my own or about Him on my own, but via the Spirit.
Romans 8
16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
You can be 100% certain yourself, not because of this ministry or me but because you have a desire and take the time to listen, to actually shut up and listen to Him. Get over the lie that it is ok to talk to Him but if He talks back you are crazy. That we can talk to Him but He can not talk to us is a bigger lie than the ones mentioned previously.
The idea that His wrath and revenge is meant for mankind is not completely true. Yes, some will be subjected to it, but that is only because they missed the salvation boat. The people who feel the Wrath of God are the ones who are the most stubborn of all and refuse to receive Jesus even after all the events of the great tribulation described in Revelation. It was never meant for them, just like Hell and the lake of fire, the Wrath is really meant for Satan and his own (demons) only. If humans CHOOSE to throw their allegiance in with that lot, they will be subjected to the Wrath also.
People use scapegoats like "Once saved always saved" or "Baptized by water saves" or "some are predestined to make it and some are not" as nothing more than ways to make excuses for their lifestyle, their lack of faith, or laziness.
Yes I believe in predestination. God looked ahead and saw what was to come. He knew us all before we were even born and He predestined us all to eternity. But He gave us free will and from there we can throw it all away.
Face it, there is only one way to blow it with God and that is not to know Him at all.
Matthew 10
32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
What is sad is so many think they need to have a man as their king, ruler, etc. In the wilderness and afterward Israel could not accept God as their king so they requested to have a man as king.
If you really think you would have done better than Adam think about this. He was in the presence of God in the flesh and he still fell.
If you think you could do better than the apostles think about this. They fled and hid when Jesus was arrested. One of them denied Him 3 times. Another even doubted that He had returned from the dead even though Jesus often expounded in depth on that particular subject.
If you think you can do better than anyone who came before you then why are you not doing so today?
Thank God that I am not God because I would have condemned mankind a long time ago and just started over from scratch. He has more patience and love when it comes to us than we can ever imagine. To think He is anything but love is judging God based on what we see in mankind. God is so far removed from mankind that we cannot even dream if imagining Him.
God gave it all to us, the earth and all that is in it, to do with as we wanted. To date we have a very poor showing for what we have done with it. It started off as a Garden of Eden. That place was perfect, full of love, joy, etc. and we have turned it into a concrete garden of pollution, hate, crime, etc.
I do not want you to join my ministry. I want you to be one with God.
If you have been blessed by us and think we are worthy of a donation we would appreciate it, but that is not what we are here for.
We are here to help you learn how to have a one on one relationship with your heavenly Father and be blessed.