BRINGING BACK GOD, PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, BRISTOL AND MARIETTA: Loving like Jesus, Understandingly

How do we act when someone mistreats us? Do we lash out in anger, respond in frustration, pull back in fear, become depressed? What about looking at that person’s shortcomings and having compassion for their failings.  According to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, while preaching in BRISTOL and MARIETTA, at BRINGING BACK GOD, Jesus knew and understood the limitations of his followers.  He was able to understand and have compassion for their failings. When someone treats us poorly, we don’t have to like them, but we need to look beyond those actions and be understanding.  Otherwise we are no better, we are hypocrites according to PASTOR JOHN COLLINS.

It is written in red in the KJV, “Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Jesus knew the Pharisees were hypocrites and told them so, but he still loved them through understanding. God loves us all. John 3: 16-17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”(KJV). God is love. He is the source of all true love, His love is unconditional and he consistently seeks the most good from us. If he is the source of all true love, then Jesus is the human representation of that love. He loved his followers unconditionally.  He overlooked their shortcomings and sins. Peter was so impulsive that he denied Jesus three times before He was crucified. Yet, after His resurrection, Jesus gave Peter the chance to declare his love for Jesus three times.  Jesus understands us and loves us for who we are.  We need to do the same as Christians striving to be Christ-like on our way to the salvation offered by Jesus. Trying to understand others actions doesn’t change their guilt before God, but it can help you to love more freely.  It means learning to see people for who they are and caring about them anyway.

Listen to more sermons by PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, go to www.blogtalkradio.com/pastorjohncollins. See what  BRINGING BACK GOD is doing, go to www.bringingbackgod.com.  You can follow BRINGING BACK GOD on facebook and like the page. If you want fellowship with PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, you can email him at bringingbackgod@outlook.com.

God bless you