Love is commonly not portrayed correctly in this day and age. There are so many things that love is defined as being or connected to. Boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and wife, those who are engaged to be wed are said to be in love and some may truly be. However there are ones who say they are in love yet they treat their “loved one” with disrespect, they may beat them, they may constantly bring them down with their words – these are not examples of love, but of the exact opposite. But there is one that I would like to touch on here – adultery. You may be thinking how in the world I have any idea what adultery is like since I haven’t had a firsthand experience with it. Goodness, I haven’t even been married, so how in the world do I have any business talking about adultery? Read on and you’ll understand just what I’m about to say here and I won’t sound like a nut.
In Ephesians 5:23 we see a relationship between the church and Jesus. In a natural relationship, we expect the other person to be entirely committed to the other person…Unfortunately, in natural relationships, this is sadly not the case sometimes.
But I need you to to imagine something here. Just imagine ladies, the most perfect guy ever in the world promises to marry you, he’s given you all he has, all he can give to you he’s given, he’s done nothing but treated you with respect and love, never cheated on you, never even beat you down or tore you down with words, he’s always been encouraging to you. He’s always ready to help you no matter what, he forgives you and tells you he loves you no matter what you’ve done to him. Now when you think about it, that’s like, “yea, right, out of the question” but if you take a minute here, you would come to understand that this may not be very likely for a natural man, there is one Man that has done this for you and is ready to do this for you – His name is Jesus. If you know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, these things are becoming more real to you as you walk with Him, you know that Jesus is the perfect image of love itself, He is Love. Yet, I want you to have this image. Jesus died on the cross for us, for our sins that we would be delivered from the bondage of those things. In the gospels Jesus told the woman who had been caught in adultery by the Pharisees that He held absolutely nothing against her but He made a request to her – He said, go on, sin no more. I want you to understand what sin does, what it looks like. Since we are His, while He is preparing to return, He expects us to be committed to Him, and rightfully so. But how many times do we run back to the old way of things, we run back to sin, we run back to the things that our Loving Jesus has set us free from? I want you to see this like it is. When we do this, when we run to those things, it is as if we are committing adultery on Jesus. We’re not acting as a loving bride would, as a committed wife would. We can seat ourselves in the position of the woman caught in adultery that though we were caught in our sin, Jesus said to us that He holds nothing against us, but He does ask that we sin no more. When we give ourselves to those things, we are cheating on the Jesus. But, He doesn’t leave us there! This is the most amazing, awesome thing ever! He holds nothing against us! He is ready and willing to forgive whatever sin you have committed, even if you mess up 1,000 times over. He is ready to forgive you when you come to Him and repent. First John 1:9 says “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”. He wants to be so close to you that it doesn’t make a difference what you have done in your past or whatever mistakes are in the future, He is ready to forgive, He wants to be close to you. He is so in love with you, more than you could possibly imagine. And so with this in mind, I want to end up with this.
If Jesus is your personal Lord and Savior but have walked back into sin, there is loving Jesus waiting for You ready to love on you, God is ready to forgive, all you must do is repent, confess your sins to Him, not out in the middle of the mall or the store at the top of your lungs, just you and Him, and ask Him to forgive you – it is really that simple.
If you have never asked Jesus to come into your heart, to be your personal Lord and Savior and you would like to, Jesus is ready and more than willing to pour His love out on you. The bible says that “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved”. It is really that simple. If you are unsure of what to pray, this is for you. Say it with all your heart, mean it with your all your heart.
Heavenly Father, in the Name of Jesus, I present myself to You. I pray and ask Jesus to be Lord over my life. I believe it in my heart, so I say it with my mouth: “Jesus has been raised from the dead.” This moment, I make Him the Lord over my life. Jesus, come into my heart. I believe this moment that I am saved, I say it now: “I am reborn. I am a Christian. I am a child of Almighty God.” http://www.kcm.org/index.php?p=real_help_content&id=1
If you did just pray this prayer, send me a message, I would love to hear and talk with you anytime. Jesus loves you and so do I.
