THE PROPER APPLICATION OF DIVINE LOVE
The Proper Application of G-ds' Gift of Divine Love is Holy Devotion. Holy Devotion flows forth as a fruit of Divine Love. Divine Love is one of G-ds' Attributes and is an Absolute because it rests upon G-ds' Perfect Character.[1] Anyone who attempts to "climb up another way" by making "human love" their "absolute" will always fail at some point in time. They will also not fully attain unto Holy Devotion.
HOLY DEVOTION IS FIRST TOWARD G-D
G-d has Given Divine Love that we might be Truly Devoted toward Him in Holiness. To be Truly Devoted means, what He wants you to do, you do. Yeshua asked the question to those who "pretended to be Devoted":
Why do you call Me, "L-RD. L-RD", and do not the Things which I Say?" Luke 6:46
First there is the Command to Repent, excersize Faith in Yeshua and Be Obedient to the Two Sacraments: Baptism in water and Partaking of the L-RDs' Supper (The Communion).
Seeking The Way to Fully Enter into His Kingdom is also a Primary Command.
COVENANT DEVOTION
G-d Deals with man by means of Covenants. A Divine Covenant is very much different that any other form of covenant. A Divine Covenant is not a relationship. Mans' covenants are "relationships". A Divine Covenant is founded upon G-ds' Promises. "Human ability" does not enter in.[2] With a "mans' covenant" which is a "relationship", both sides must keep their end of the agreement. Man, in his own flesh, cannot keep his end perfectly. Furthermore, no "human work" can enter in. If G-d does not do it, it cannot be done. Since G-ds' Grace excludes mans' ability, work or merit, G-d in His Grace Made A Way. G-d Provided The Answer: Messiahs' (Christs') Finished Work on the cross which had been Promised.
We Praise Him Forever for His Gift to us.
MANKINDS' COUNTERFEIT COVENANT
Men and women have conspired together to exalt what they have artificially deemed a "covenant". They call their "covenant" Falling in Love or "Being in Love". If one or both of the Marriage partners should no longer find themselves in the state of "being in love", they "feel justified" to freely disavow any Marriage Covenant. This is routinely taught and believed. It is false.
HOLY DEVOTION IN MARRIAGE
Marriage is an Ordained Covenant Given by G-d. As with any G-d Given Covenant, it Depends upon Him.[3]
It should take place only between two Believers.[4] Divine Love then can be directed toward Holy Devotion in Marriage.
The husband is to direct the wife toward The Way: His Kingdom. True Holy Devotion to one another in Divine Joy can Fully Function only Therein. Thus, Adam and Eve Return to their Spiritual gan adan (Garden of Eden) in Holy and True Devotion.
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FOOTNOTES
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Satan cannot "will himself" to be Saved, although he does seek it. He and the demons know their eventual fate, and they do "believe" but can only tremble. Yakov (James) 3:19. The will of fallen angels is much stronger than any mans' will. ("...who [men] are taken captive by him [satan] at his will." II Timothy 2:26) Yet for all that, none of the fallen angels can "will" their own Salvation. How much less man?!? This obvious fact mysteriously evades false teachers who teach that man can "do something" to "Save himself" either by "meriting the merit of Christ" (Roman Catholicism), or by an act of human will (Arminianism). As for the "will", John 1:13 makes it clear that it is of no value to "will" anything Divine.
Every other religion except the True and Holy Faith have some means whereby man can either "earn" or "will" his own Salvation.
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People who get their eyes on each other instead of G-d and His Ability to Bless way over and above anything they could do "independently", which amount to only Humanistic Solutions find only temporary "human happiness" which does not last. This results in disappointment which leads to despair. The Heart is of great imporance here, because not advancing to The Way brings on more and more hardness of the heart.
This is why Full Spiritual Maturity is so important in Marriage, especially for the Man of G-d. As for the G-dly wife, Full Spiritual Maturity is the only way she can Obey her husband in True and Holy Devotion, calling him "Lord" even as Sarah did Avraham. I Peter 3:6.
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