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Live the interpretation of the law

Love God as well as your neighbor, and you will live

18/08/2017

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

In Luke 10.25, a judge gets to Jesus and puts Him under test; at least it was his intention. A judge never makes the law instead he interprets it. At the church, many people arrive full of vanities, pride, prepotency, and humiliate themselves before God, while others put Jesus under test, many of them are not guilty because they may have learnt that somewhere else. This man was a noble one, very valuable to the society, aiming at testing Jesus with no conviction that the One who was in front of him was Christ. Testing Jesus is typical of whom has doubts about His existence. That prayer that puts Jesus under test is not a faithful prayer. A prayer of faith is the one of thanksgiving and if you observe Jesus’ prayers, before the improbable condition, were made to thank God. The prayer that puts God under test never pleases Him because the person has doubts. We have examples of people who were not Christians but believed in Him and those who are Christian and doubt. While one worries the other one bends his knees and sees flames coming down from Heaven because the strength of the prayer is how much this person loves God.

Never put Jesus under test. We need Jesus to live, in order to have abundance and quality of life. Jesus already knows our prayers if you agree with that, you are faithful because that`s faith. Before the word gets to the mouth, God knows what we will say, according to the psalmist.

God can`t be tested because there is no mistake margin in God. On the other hand, we make mistakes, and that`s why we are always under test. When that man asked Jesus whether that person followed Moses’ law, Jesus asked him how he understood and interpreted the law. The judge said it was to love God with all heart, in other words, with all of your thoughts. Someone who loves God with all heart is a person who loves God unconditionally. That`s what makes us strong to keep our work at the church, the situation doesn`t matter, good or not because the one who loves God deep in the heart has peace full time. That`s the secret of the strongest prayer, I mean, to love God indeed. That`s the way Job`s prayer was made, which was clear he had lost everything but his heart was in God. He loved the Lord even when he thought the Lord was against him. Job was rotten, poor, sick, lost all of his friends, family, wealth, but he kept following the Lord`s order. Never get misled by rituals. The strength of your prayer is how much you love Him. He set prayers. The blessing is already saved for you, but God just releases it when we ask Him for it through our prayers. The condition that you have been seeking is packed for you, and I don`t tell you that just to encourage you, it`s because it`s real. When the judge asked, Jesus had the answer. A great part of the humanity knows the recipe, the exit, and even so, many of them suffer. We can`t love God without loving our neighbor, without loving ourselves, one another. God wants to perform great things in our lives, but we don`t allow Him because we are ignorant. Apostle Paul said that, if you believe that God hears you, even the condition, which you haven`t been given yet, has already been with you. The Bible tells us about John`s letter who hates other men and says that loves God, is a liar. If you don`t love the one you can see, figure out loving God who you can`t see. The evidence we love God is to love our neighbor. There is no advantage in loving the one who admires us, who loves us; we have to love everyone. Jacob thought about God so much that when he slept, he used to dream of the Lord. Do the same, think about Him, about how much He loved you, about the things He does to you, and you will dream of Him, and you will have a wonderful experience to tell. Write down your dream when you wake up because it will come true. You have to love God with all of your strength. It`s necessary to dedicate yourself to His love. You can never be unmotivated to apply the lessons of the Almighty. You can`t lose your strength to pray, fast, and preach. That judge asked Jesus, and Jesus answered, so in His answer we have one more lesson: never test your brother because love is unconditional. You may have unpleasant surprises. Hearing the answer of that man, Jesus told him he answered correctly. It was to be done what he said to have a good lifestyle, to make dreams come true, to have happiness. For a person to be happy, she has to love God as well as the neighbor, even if he is single, married, with children, no children. Happiness is not in a relationship, in wealth, in work, or in success. If you love God and your neighbor, God will provide you with much food; He will perform unusual conditions in your life, but never bargain or trade with Him. You can ask God, but with or without it, love Him. The judge knew the recipe like most of us. Love God and your neighbor, church; forgive the ones who harmed you. Loving your neighbor doesn`t do good to your neighbor but you. You will thrive, you will have cure, miracles, conditions to help others, be successful, and have victories. “You will live” it means to see things happening. The strength in God`s men`s and God`s women`s lives is to love God. Trying to escape, the judge asked Him who His neighbor was, and Jesus told him the parable of Samaritan. Jesus used the example of passing by man, surrendered by thieves, first a priest, later a musician, for him to be helped by the Samaritan, who is like a witch man, an admirer of Satan, who didn`t like helping others, much less a Jew. It`s not easy to love God and our neighbor, but it`s a level where you may think what you want, and it happens almost at the same time. In this level, there will be testimonials to tell every day. It`s not easy because we want to lead God and not to be led by Him. Love God with all your heart, your soul, your understanding, your efforts, and love your neighbor as well. Loving our neighbor means to be merciful, it doesn`t matter who he is. As for forgiveness when you do something wrong to people. Mercy is translated into love.