Selfless Faith

In Matthew 10:40, Jesus is near the end of His instructions to the disciples before sending them out and He says to them, “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

Now, my beloved, let us not be selfish, but be filled with loving hearts, compassion, forgiveness, and receiving everyone. Remember Jesus said what we do to the least, we also do it onto Him. We must not gossip and have hate filled hearts towards one another. We cannot say we love Jesus but hate everyone else. If we love Jesus, we must love and care for everyone else and if we hate everyone who displeases us, we also hate Jesus. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we were filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit, which never departs from us. The love that was shown to us and for us on the cross must be reflected through each second of our lives receiving our brothers and sisters, sitting them down at our tables, loving one another as Christ first loved us.

In Matthew 9:2 Jesus is having a conversation with a man:

² Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.“

Thank You God for Your forgiving heart. We are sinful people but you love us so much that you wiped us clean of our sins through the blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ, Your Lamb, the sacrifice for our sins. We thank You God that we will never have to face Your wrath. We are so blessed to read, hear, know, and truly believe with all our hearts when You say, “your sins are forgiven.” Many people do not have the peace to know that their sins are forgiven because they are expecting to be judged by You. We know we have already been judged; our old nature was crucified with Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, on the cross; we were buried with Him, and when He rose again, we rose with Him in our new nature, our new body, our new creation in Jesus Christ. We have truly experienced the gift of salvation. So to everyone, remember, as long as you believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, “your sins are forgiven.”

If anyone does not have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and would like your sins forgiven too, just admit to Him that you are a sinner, ask Him to forgive you of your sins, and to come into your life; you will then be made whole and new through the power of the Holy Spirit from Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

One of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard starts with “Everyone needs compassion, love that’s never failing,” and continues with “Everyone needs forgiveness, the kindness of a Savior.” This song has truly touched me. So many times, we go through live with an unforgiving heavy heart.

Relationships in families, marriages, friendships and so much more can be ruined with lack of forgiveness. Forgiveness is one of the key elements in life. Being that NOBODY is perfect, when you make a mistake, you expect to be forgiven, so why must you be unforgiving?   After all, Jesus was crucified on a cross to forgive us of our sins so we can live eternally; so how can we not forgive others? Can we really say a person has caused us more pain than the pain Jesus went through for our sins? Continue reading