Weapon of Love!

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You will soon hear about wars and threats of wars, but don’t be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn’t the end. Nations and kingdoms will go to war against each other. People will starve to death, and in some places there will be earthquakes.

But this is just the beginning of troubles. You will be arrested, punished, and even killed. Because of me, you will be hated by people of all nations. Many will give up and will betray and hate each other. Many false prophets will come and fool a lot of people. Evil will spread and cause many people to stop loving others.  But if you keep on being faithful right to the end, you will be saved.

Matthew 24:6-13

The first victim when evil "rears its ugly head" in any relationship is love. When a man gives himself over to evil his ability to love others is greatly diminished and ultimately destroyed. Evil and Love cannot live together in your heart peacefully. Either Love will leave and your heart will begin to beat with evil thoughts followed by actions, or Evil will be driven out by Love.

When Jesus told His followers that they must become like little children I believe He was pointing to a profound truth. Little children have not yet stepped into the cesspool of evil and they have not learned to hate! I remember as a very small boy thinking that "I love everybody!"

Love is a choice and you can choose to love even your enemies. The greatest personal evidence that you are a follower of Jesus is when you look down from your cross and pray for those who put you there, "Father forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing!" Then your love becomes a weapon of mass destruction. Your love will massively destroy evil! Then your own heart will begin to feel the joy that Jesus did on the Cross of Calvary.

When you love me and I know that you love me, then I can listen to anything you say that is prompted by that love. When you don't love me and I know that you don't love me, I cannot hear what you say to me, even if it is obviously true.

So if you are having trouble telling people about Jesus Christ, here is the secret. Plow the ground with love before you plant the seed of the Gospel. When you truly love a man, his heart will open to the things you have to say. Planting a seed on unplowed ground will produce little if anything of a harvest.

Satan is not afraid of those who hate men and women who are lost. When you hate evil men you pose no threat to their status with Hell. But when you love those who don't love you, you are literally "armed and dangerous."

If you want to do battle for Jesus today, throw out all the hate from your heart and make sure that your weapon of love is clean and ready to fire!