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Loving The One
Welcome to the community site, Loving the One.
Every day individuals
such as Vince Barnett, Mary Holden, Hyacinth Carol and Wayne Warrington are finding their paths crossing in
very unique and wonderful ways and have been called to help unite
God's children in a very special way and with a very simple
message. That message is, Loving the One."
Loving the One is our belief of what Jesus was saying when responding to the
question "What is the most important commandment." And Jesus
replied, "Love the Lord Your God with all Your Heart, Your Soul and Your
Mind."
This is the first and greatest commandment and can be found over 30 times in
the Bible. The second commandment is similar and extremely important, Love
your neighbor as yourself.'
Can you imagine our world if we just followed
these two commandments?
We believe, we are being called
to unite God's children through the practice of these two commandments and it is
through these efforts, that nonbelievers will question their faith, learn to
lead and walk by faith.
Unity of God’s children seem to
be a relatively simple quest. However as we sought to unite God’s children
through community churches, we discovered "some" religious leaders have a fear of
loosing their members and refuse to engage in God’s ultimate plan, unity. This
segregation is a huge obstacle in the mission that God has called us to do. In
many cases, it is the restrictive walls and judgment within a church that drives
church believers and nonbelievers away.
We firmly believe that the traditional church body is one which
serves all of God’s children in their time of need and should support personal
relationships with God and is not limited to one day a week. The road to love is
a fulltime effort and it is crucial that God’s army unites and only then will be
powerful beyond measure. Our strength comes from Him and as we gather together;
whether in person, in prayer or in spirit. Whether in our homes, our community
church, a coffee shop, online or elsewhere. To think otherwise places limits on
His presence in our lives, which is impossible for God is omnipresent and His
love never ending.
Matthew 22:37
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second
is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law
and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
1 Corinthians 13
Love Is the Greatest
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love
others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of
prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all
knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love
others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even
sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would
have gained nothing.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It
does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of
being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the
truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and
endures through every circumstance.
Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become
useless. But love will last forever! Now our knowledge is partial and
incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole
picture! But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become
useless.
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew
up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy
mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know
now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just
as God now knows me completely.
Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these
is love. |
