I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU
GOD’S LOVE “NEVER” LEAVES YOU, PART 2
“… [Nothing]…will be able to separate us (his children) from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:31-39 NASB). “…I (god, the holy spirit) am with you always, to the very end…"(Matthew 28:20 NIV).
“…[GOD’S HOLY]...LOVE…THE PERFECT BOND OF UNITY….” (Colossians 3:14).
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God GAVE his Son because SIN created a barrier or chasm between HIM and mankind, whom he LOVED unconditionally. “…ALL wicked actions ARE SIN…” (1 John 5:17 NLT). “… Iniquities (wicked actions that are sin) … separate[s mankind]… from God…” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…between [god, the holy spirit]... and [mankind]... a great chasm (barrier) has been set in place…” (Luke 16:22-25 NASB).
Sin and HOLINESS won’t MIX no more than oil and water. God couldn’t express or demonstrate his LOVE for mankind in their sinful condition. “… [God]… can not look on wickedness with favor…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB). “… O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate (mix, yoke together with, abide with, etc.) the sins of the wicked…” (Psalms 5:4 NLT).
Human eyes may even be too sinful to look upon God’s majestic HOLINESS. “…Moses said, “…show me your GLORY (your presence, your goodness, your power) … [God said,] …When my GLORY passes by, I will …cover you with my hand until I have passed by …” (Exodus 33:16-23 NIV). “…You (mankind, humanity, sinful flesh) cannot see my face, for no one may see [my glory or Holiness]… and live …” (Exodus 33:16-23 NIV).
SIN and HOLINESS naturally SEPARATE; just like oil and water. “…Your INIQUITIES (sin) have separated between you and your God (Holy) …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…It’s YOUR SINS that have cut you off from God (who is HOLY)…” (Isaiah 59:2 NLT).
Oil (sin) and Water (HOLY) DON’T’ and CAN’T mix together, without HELP. God’s unconditional LOVE for mankind DROVE him to GIVE Jesus, his ONLY begotten (or specially created) Son. Jesus would be similar to an EMULSIFIER that will enable the mixture or emulsion of two unlikely entities. “…He that is joined (MIXED) unto the Lord (Jesus Christ, God’s SON, God’s WORD, God’s power, God’s LOVE, God’s GRACE, etc.,) is ONE Spirit… [united with the God, the HOLY SPIRIT, again]” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).
“…. Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new...” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV).
Jesus miraculously enables the HOLY God and SINFUL mankind to MIX, reconcile, or UNITE together again. “…God...[through Jesus].... makes everything holy and whole, ...[and].... put[s] you together—spirit, soul, and body...” (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 MSG). “….Jesus Christ maketh thee WHOLE…” (Acts 9:34 KJV).
The LOST and spiritually dead soul miraculously becomes ONE [unbreakable] UNIT, with God again, that is BONDED through HOLY LOVE and connected through the HOLY SPIRIT. “… [Unconditional]… Love … is the perfect BOND of unity...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…He (she) that is JOINED unto the Lord is ONE Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).
“…What therefore God has joined (mixed) together, let no man (woman) separate…” (Mark 10:9 NASB). “…Let no one split apart what God has joined (mixed) together…” (Mark 10:9 NLT).
SENDING his SON was also a demonstration of God’s GRACE freely GIFTed through his unconditional LOVE.
This GIFTING of God’s GRACE enables SINFUL mankind to be FAVORABLY reconciled, through Jesus Christ, into a LOVING, “covenant unity” relationship with God again. “… [He sent the ] …one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).
“….Apart from [the man Christ Jesus], you can do nothing (you can’t be reconciled with God, the HOLY Spirit)…” (John 15:5 NIV).
“…[God, the holy spirit, did this, not because [mankind] DESERVED it, but because that was his plan [of expressing and demonstrating his unconditional LOVE to mankind]...from before the beginning of time…” (2 Timothy 1:9 NLT).
“…[Salvation is FREE and comes] through God’s kindness …[It does] not [come]... by [mankind’s] good works. For in that case, God’s GRACE (unmerited favor) would not be what it really is—free and undeserved…” (Romans 11:5 NLT).
“… [God is the ONE who was] …not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance...” (2 Peter 3:9 KJV). “… AS MANY as received him, to them GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS (daughters) OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name…” (John 1:12 KJV).
“…WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved...” (Romans 10:13 KJV). “…YE ARE “ALL” CHILDREN OF GOD BY FAITH “IN” (or dependence upon) CHRIST JESUS. …There is NEITHER Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for YE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS…” (Galatians 3:26-28 KJV).
“…God SHOWS NO FAVORITISM. In every nation HE ACCEPTS those who fear him and do what is right. This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all…” (Acts 10:34-36 NLT). “…Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no RESPECTER OF PERSONS: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)…” (Acts 10:34-36 KJV).
God’s unconditional LOVE, through Jesus, allowed mankind to BOND with God and connect with him through his indwelling Holy Spirit. “…By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way …into the Most Holy Place…” (Hebrews 10:19-20 NLT). “...Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV). “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).
“…God is [unconditional]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… [God’s] Love [is]… the perfect BOND of UNITY...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…He [or she]… that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT….” (1 Corinthians 6:17).
“…[God’s holiness prevented him from looking upon ]… wickedness with favor…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB). “…YOUR SINS … hid his face from you … he [could]… not hear… [you in the spiritual realm] …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “… [SO He - through an act of GRACE – SENT the] …one … who [could]… reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).
An impenetrable BARRIER separates the natural realm from the supernatural realm and it creates an impassable chasm.
God desires to LOVE mankind, but HOLINESS simply can NOT MIX with UNHOLINESS. God warns his people NOT to become yoked together with UNBELIEVERS. “…Be ye NOT unequally yoked together with unbelievers…” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV). “… what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? … what communion hath light with darkness? … what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).
The following bible story REVEALS the BARRIER or CHASM between the natural realm and spiritual realm “…The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your [earthly]...life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm (barrier) has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us…” (Luke 16:22-25 NASB).
Without Jesus, there “WILL” ALWAYS remain an impenetrable BARRIER or CHASM between unredeemed mankind (SIN/oil) and God (HOLY/water). “… And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm (barrier) has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us…” (Luke 16:22-25 NASB).
Jesus Christ can remove the BARRIER and offer mankind an opportunity of a LIFETIME and that’s to be RECONCILED to the God of LOVE. “…There is … one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “…The grace of our Lord was poured out (transferred) on [mankind]… abundantly, along with faith and love (fruit of the Spirit) that are in Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 1:13-14 NIV). “…The fruit of the Spirit is love ....faith…” (Galatians 5:22-23 KJV). “…The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit …” (Galatians 5 NLT).
“…BY GRACE have [mankind]… been saved THROUGH FAITH; and that NOT OF … [them]SELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF [the unconditional LOVE of]…GOD…” (Ephesians 2:8-9 ASV).
Jesus Christ OPENED the way to unconditional LOVE. “Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV). “…By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way … into the Most Holy Place…” (Hebrews 10:19-20 NLT). “… [There is] … one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).
“Jesus saith…I am the way, the truth, and the life…” (John 14:6 KJV). “… Apart from Me, you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV). “… [You] … can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth … [you]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV). “…It is God who works in [you]… to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13 NIV).
God FIXED the PROBLEM. “…He (Jesus Christ) is the atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 2:2 NIV). “…Behold the Lamb of God (Jesus Christ), which taketh away the sin of the world...” (John 1:29 KJV).
“…God so loved the world, that HE GAVE his only begotten (or specially created) Son (Jesus Christ) …” (John 3:16 KJV). “...Whosoever believeth in him (Jesus Christ) (depend upon him) should not perish, but have everlasting life…” (John 3:16 KJV).
Therefore, “… [There is] … one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “…This is love…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). “…God is [unconditonal]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT).
The RICHES of God’s GRACE toward mankind was HIS plan before they were aware of it, which PROVES it was unconditional LOVE from the VERY beginning. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [unconditional]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…he loved [mankind]... and SENT HIS SON to be the propitiation for [their]... sins...” (1 John 4:10 KJV). “…God SHOWED HIS GREAT LOVE FOR [mankind]... by “SENDING” Christ to die for [them] WHILE [they] were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “… the just for the unjust, that he might BRING US [back]... to God…” (1 Peter 3:18 KJV). “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT). “…There is no GREATER LOVE than to lay down one’s life…” (John 15:13 NLT).
“… Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV). “…Christ …suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to [BACK to the unconditional LOVE of God] …” (1 Peter 3:18 KJV). “…God is [unconditional] …LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).
God’s unconditional LOVE chose to bring mankind BACK, through Jesus, into a “covenant unity” relationship with God, the Holy Spirit. “…I chose YOU....” (John 15:16 ASV). “…You are a chosen people…” (1 Peter 2:9 NIV). “…As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons (daughters) of God, even to them that believe on (trust in and depend upon) his name…” (John 1:12).
There is “… [No]….greater love … than [unconditional LOVE]…” (John 15:13 KJV). “… God is (unconditional) LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “Unconditional” LOVE “…is [recognized by its]… patien[ce] … [and it]… is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [UNCONDITIONAL] …love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, [unconditional] …love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
Therefore, “… Love [is]… the perfect BOND of UNITY...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…He [or she]… that is joined unto the Lord is ONE SPIRIT [with the god of unconditional love]….” (1 Corinthians 6:17).
“…The Lord is … Spirit…” (2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV). “…God [sends]… forth the Spirit of His Son “INTO” [his people’s]… HEARTS…” (Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…Jesus Christ is … [NOW] … in [each one of them]…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…if Christ be in [them[… [then] …[they are] … ONE SPIRIT … [with the god of unconditional love]….” (Romans 8:10 KJV & 1 Corinthians 6:17). “… [Jesus sets God’s people]… in [god’s] … presence forever…” (Psalms 44:12 NASB).
“… [There is NO]….greater love…than this…” (John 15:13 KJV). “…God SO LOVED he GAVE…” (John 3:16 KJV). “… By GRACE (unearned, undeserved, and unworthy favor) [mankind is] … SAVED (the impenetrable barrier is removed) through faith (by trusting in and depending upon Jesus Christ’s work upon the cross); and that not of [your]selves: it is the gift of (the unconditional LOVE) of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast…” (EPHESIANS 2:8-9 KJV).
“… [Unconditional LOVE, through Christ]… freely [gives] … [God’s people]... all things?...” (Romans 8:32 KJV). “…[Thus]... all things are [NOW] …[theirs through Christ, which dwells IN all of God’s people]…” (1 Corinthians 3 KJV).
God LOVED mankind FIRST. “…He first loved us…” (1 John 4:19 ASV). “….not that we loved God, but that he loved us…” (1 John 4:10 KJV). “…For God so loved the world…” (John 3:16).
God CHOSE mankind as the recipients of his LOVE. "...You did not choose … [him]… but [He]… chose you…” (John 15:16 ASV).
God CHOSE mankind as the recipients of his GRACE. “…By GRACE [you are]… saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the [FREE]…gift of God…” (EPHESIANS 2:8-9 KJV).
God CHOSE mankind and those who CHOOSE him BACK “through” Christ now BELONG to him. They are his people, his children, and the recipients of his POWERFUL promises.. “…As many as are the promises of God, in Him (Jesus Christ) they are yes …also … Amen …” (2 Corinthians 1:2 NASB).
“…He has granted to [his people]… His precious and magnificent promises…” (2 Peter 1:4 NASB). “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…” (Malachi 3:6 KJV). “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever…” (Hebrews 13:8 NIV).
God CHOSE his people to be recipients of his indwelling Holy Spirit that communicates his LOVE to them. “…The …HOLY SPIRIT …is the SOURCE of [love] …it is …God who does the work …[of love]… IN and THROUGH all of us who are his. … (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).
“…God’s love has been poured out INto [their] hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to [them]…” (Romans 5:5 NIV). “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in [his people]…” (Romans 8:9 KJV “…[God’s unconditional]… Love [is]… the perfect BOND of UNITY...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB).
God’s HOLY LOVE “BONDS” with his people through the indwelling Holy Spirit “ ...Love [is]… the perfect BOND of UNITY...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…God’s love has been poured out INto [the] hearts [of God’s people]... through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to [them]…” (Romans 5:5 NIV).
God’s unconditional love is “IN” [his people], “…I … [am] … “IN” YOU (the god of “unconditional” love)…” (John 15:4 KJV). Unconditional love, the indwelling Holy Spirit, is “IN” you. “… God is (unconditional) LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…I AM (unconditional love is) “WITH” YOU ALWAYS, to the very end…"(Matthew 28:20 NIV).
“…If … [you] … are unfaithful, he (unconditional love]... remains faithful…” (2 Timothy 2:13 NLT).
“ … [God’s people] … have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the [indwelling]…POWER may be of God, and not of us...” (2 Corinthians 4:6-7 KJV). “…Know ye not your own selves …that Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians KJV).
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV). “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV). “…God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV).
“… We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves…” (2 Corinthians 4:7 NLT).
God said: “…I will put a new spirit in you . …” (Ezekiel 36:26 NLT). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV). “…May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put (or MIX) you together [soul and body with]— [his indwelling Holy]…spirit …” (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 MSG). “…Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…Jesus Christ maketh thee whole (and HOLY)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV).
“…Ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy…” (Leviticus 20:26 KJV). “…Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)….” (Romans 8:8-11 NLT).
“…by the Grace of God … [you are what you are] …” (1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV).
“…It is God who works IN YOU to will and TO ACT…” (Philippians 2:13 NIV). “….Apart from [Jesus]…YOU CAN DO NOTHING…” (John 15:5 NIV). “…God hath said, I will dwell in them…” (2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV). “…May … God … WORK IN [YOU]… what is pleasing to him, THROUGH Jesus Christ…” (Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV).
“…God will supply all [your need through his indwelling Holy Spirit]…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB). “…God will generously PROVIDE all you need (through his indwelling Holy Spirit)…” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT).
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want [for love]…” (Psalms 23:1 KJV). “… [God’s people]... will always have everything (all the LOVE) [they]... need …” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT).
“… God is (unconditional) LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “Unconditional” LOVE “…is [recognized by its]… patien[ce] … [and it]… is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [UNCONDITIONAL] …love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, [UNCONDITIONAL]…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
God’s UNCONDITIONAL LOVE is RECOGNIZED by the SPIRIT “NOT” your emotions, your flesh, or carnal senses. “…The person WITHOUT the Spirit DOES NOT accept the things that come from the Spirit of God (REAL love comes from God, the Holy Spirit) but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned (recognized) only through the Spirit. …” (2 Corinthians 2:12-15 KJV).
God’s UNCONDITIONAL LOVE was with mankind BEFORE, it is with them NOW, and nothing will EVER separate mankind from HIS LOVE. “… [Nothing]…will be able to separate [mankind]... from the [UNCONDITIONAL] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:31-39 NASB). He has “….loved [them]...with an everlasting love….” (Jeremiah 31:3 KJV).
HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WILL “NEVER” LEAVE mankind. “…[THE] Presence [OF MY LOVE]... will go with you…” (Exodus 33:14 NIV). “…[MY LOVE IS WITH]... you always, to the very end…"(Matthew 28:20 NIV). “… [God, WHO IS LOVE will] … Never leave nor forsake you…” (Hebrews 13:5 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB).
“… [Nothing]…will be able to separate [MANKIND OR GOD’S PEOPLE]... from the [UNCONDITIONAL] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:31-39 NASB). “…Behold, I AM (LOVE IS) WITH… [YOU] … and … I WILL (LOVE WILL) NOT LEAVE [YOU] …." (Genesis 28:15 ASV). “… The LORD thy God …will not fail thee, nor forsake thee (abandon)…” (Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV). “...[God’s]…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
“… Behold, I am (LOVE IS) with … [you] and will keep … [you] whithersoever [you]… goest…I will (LOVE WILL) not leave [you] ..." (Genesis 28:15 ASV).
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