TODAY’S PROPHETIC NUMBERS
October 16, 2024 – 10/16/2024
10 – Perfect Order
16 – The Love of God
WHAT IS YOUR REWARD?
One of the ways Jesus interacted with people as He walked on Earth was to ask questions. We know He already knew the answers to the questions. It wasn’t that He was trying to trip people up; He was trying to make people stop and think.
Jesus’ first question was, “For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?” Matthew 5:46 NKJV
In this great verse, the first question in the four Gospels, Jesus asked a question that is still relevant and important for us to consider today. A paraphrase of this question is, “Don’t tell me that you’re loving; if you’re loving the same way that the world does, I’m asking you to love in the way that the Father does.”
The challenge to actually decide who we love and how we love is actually put upon us as our responsibility.
Now, friends, I can tell you right now that we do not believe that today. We think in this way, “Hey, it’s on you if I’m going to love you or not.” This woke generation and what’s being taught all over the world today is this: If I’m mad and upset, it’s your fault. And then, even if I’m violent against you, you need to know it’s born out of the oppression of the way that you made me feel.
In the first question in the New Testament, Jesus Christ tells us we are responsible for who we love. He is saying that we are responsible for what we love. He is reminding us that who and what we love needs to look a whole lot more like Heaven than it looks like hell.
We need the fear of God inside our hearts. Ultimately, to me, that means to love what God loves, and hate what God hates.
He loves people and He hates sin that hurts and destroys their lives. We are called to love like He does.
Declaration: My heart flows with the love of Christ for all people. I love because He first loved me. He loved me when my behavior made me unlovable and even unlikeable to other people. He saw my divine identity and loved me until I could see it for myself. The Holy Spirit strengthens me, so I love the way He loves and hate only what He hates.
From My Prophetic Teaching: Twenty Four
