#144 LTLT S5 EP 18: Unpacking Unconditional Love and Authority Through 1 John 3:11-15

If you are riding along or it just kind of popped up in your feed not an accident , absolutely not an accident and I just pray that you will give me your listening ear for the next 20 , 15 , 20 minutes as we go through , as we continue to journey through 1 John , chapter 3 . Amen , you're writing , you're at home , you're at a place where you can sit .

Still , I hope you got some paper , I hope you got a journal , something to kind of take you some notes , because you never know what season you might just need this lesson for Amen . So , without further ado , let us go ahead and get ready to get into the word Amen . So , father , we thank you so much for your grace and your mercy .

Thank you , god , for allowing us to stay in this time to get into your word one more time . I pray for every diamond that is here , every ear that is listening , that what they need will be given to them today . I pray that you will use me as your willing vessel to be used by you .

I pray in the name of Jesus that not only would this speak to everyone else , but it would speak to me first . I pray , god , that you would just have your way in me and through me . Father , we all love you so much and we're so very grateful and so thankful for we turn this time over to you that you'll have your way in it .

In Jesus Christ name , we do pray . Hey man , hey man , all right y'all . So , uh , we are um picking up here at verse 11 , verse 11 of first John , chapter 3 , amen . And then , and where we left off on yesterday , um really primarily talked about the fact that jesus came to destroy the works of the devil , amen .

That um , he himself would be manifested in us um hall , that we would become just like him , amen . So we definitely have permission to grow into who God has made us to be , not by the will of people but out of the will of God , amen .

So , if you didn't have a chance to check out yesterday's's episode , which would have been from first john , chapter 3 , verse 8 through 10 . Um , season 5 , episode 17 um , you , if you don't stop here , just if you stop here , just stop . Go back to that one and then listen to this one because , um , it flow . Yeah , you want it to flow , naturally . Amen .

And as we go through these chapters , amen , especially if this is your first time listening . If you happen to catch it , like , right in the middle , there's always a beginning . Yeah . So it's always my best advice to start from the beginning . Wherever you start , it , start from the beginning . Wherever you started , start at the beginning .

Yeah , because wherever you start is always the root . This is where the root or the seed is planted , and if you catch it in the middle , that means you're missing something . Hallelujah . So go back to the beginning . Amen , so you're not missing a thing , you are catching it all . Hallelujah , and learning to live in

truth . Just recently became a part of God's Diamonds in the Rough podcast . Yeah . So if you haven't checked out the podcast Diamonds in the Rough , that would be an awesome thing to do too . Go all the way back to the beginning . We started this I believe it was three right in 2021 , I believe .

So we going into our third year , I think , and so you got episode after episode after episode . I said season five . Yes , you got four more seasons that . You got interviews . You got just Michael and I . I talking through different subjects and topics . Yeah , so you know , I just encourage you to follow the spirit and go back .

Yeah , go back and hear what you've missed , amen , because the Lord does things in decent and in order . He always builds up to an appointed place and time . So , always excited that you are here , glad to be here with you , amen . All right , so let's go ahead and get into the word . Look at verse 11 .

He says for this is a message that he heard from the beginning , that ye heard from the beginning . He says that we should love one another , love one another . You can go back to 1 Corinthians , chapter 13 . This is truly the definition of love , what it is and what it is not . 1 Corinthians , chapter 13 .

Amen , this describes what love is and what it is not . It particularly describes what it is in verses 4 through 7 . If you go through the list of episodes that we've had in the past , you'll find clear talks Michael and I have had about and this was on God's diamonds in the rough about really what the identity of love is . Amen .

So definitely go back and look for it . But he says here the message that we heard from the beginning is that we ought to love one another , amen . He says not as Cain . He says , who was of that wicked one and slew his brother . He says and wherefore slew he him ? Because his words or his works were evil and his brothers righteous .

He says marvel , not my brethren . If the world hate you , okay . He says , don't trip out . He says because they don't like you . They don't want to be around you , they don't want you in their clique . They don't want to hear what you got to say . John , lets us know this ain't . This is just how it is . Amen . Hallelujah , this is just how it is .

When you love people , you got people who's going to ? Or when you love and do it the way God say do it , you're going to have a whole lot of haters . Hallelujah . You have a whole lot of people that have something against you and they can't even tell you what it is . You ever had somebody say well , I don't like them .

I don't know why , I just don't like them . That's what I'm talking about . They're going to hate you because you love him . Jesus , come on somebody . That is a word , right , amen . They will hate you because you love him . Amen , see , look .

He says and we're going to get to it here eventually If you love me , then you're going to obey me and people will get mad at you because you're obedient to the spirit , because you don't mind them . You won't listen to them , but you'll listen to the spirit . The world would say you listen to somebody you can't even see and you won't listen to me .

The devil is a liar , but that's the truth of the matter . They will hate you because you love him . Come on somebody . He says we know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren . He that love , if not his brother , abideth in death , amen . Look . It is a great thing when you can love beyond what you see . Come on somebody .

You can love beyond what you hear , hallelujah , amen . When you can love somebody and be there for somebody who you know hates you , who you know to talk behind your back , who you know is not for you and you are there for them . Anyhow , when they are thirsty , you give them something to for them .

Anyhow , when they are thirsty , you give them something to drink . When they are hungry , you give some . Give them something to eat , amen . Look , the bible says you heap coals on their head when you get , when you serve goodness out of hatefulness , amen .

When they're hateful to you , when they are being rude and ugly to you , and you still are kind to them , you still um , respect them , you don't disrespect them , you still , anyhow , you go for and you love on them anyhow . It is powerful , hallelujah . Look , let me recall real quick . Look , let me recall real quick , my husband .

He watches Patrol Live , our own Patrol Live , and we was watching .

It was a segment on there where the man you could tell the way that he talked to the police officers , that he was a racist bigot , yeah , and was calling him boy and everything and cuss him out , telling him to kiss his tail , but he won't use the tail word , do this , that and what you going to do , take these cuss-offs and kept referring to him boy , boy

, boy and y'all this and y'all that . It was a powerful thing . But I'm going to tell you what that police officer did . He treated that man with respect , he treated him with kindness . Anyhow , I'm telling you , the police had the advantage . They had the advantage over that man .

That man was sitting on the ground with his handcuffs behind his back , talking cash smack . You heard me Talking to the men as if they weren't men , as if he was above them , where they stood above him . Come on somebody . He talked like he was above , on top , and he was actually the one on the ground . Jesus , come , that is a word all by itself .

You better talk about it . The men , the police officers , they could have did anything that they wanted to do to him , but again , they treated him with kindness , they treated him with respect . Now , the one that the man was talking down to , he was the black man and he was the sergeant of the group that was there dealing with this rude and obnoxious man .

He was the sergeant , the one black man . He was the sergeant , the one black man , he was the sergeant , so he was the one in control of everything . After they got him in the car , long story short , after they got him in the car , he shook hands with every officer that was with him . He said good job , you didn't stoop to their level .

Powerful , you hear me ? It is a beautiful thing and it shows who you are really serving when you don't stoop to their level . Jesus , come on somebody . I wish I was in front of y'all , but you heard me . Amen .

It's a powerful thing when you don't stoop to the level of others , because there will be people that will literally , with their words , spit in your face . And when you wipe those words , or wipe that spit off of your face and you continue to treat them the way you want to be treated , it does nothing , but it makes it really .

At the end of the day , it shames them and once they get to get their self together , they look at you like wow , I said and I did everything I could to tear them down , but they still stand . Jesus , jesus , y'all talk to me . Hallelujah , amen .

You stand anyhow Because , at the end of the day , what Jesus is doing in you is he's building a level of integrity , he's building your strength when it comes down to dealing with the works of the devil . He says to us he that loveth not his brother abideth in death . If you don't love in spite of , he says , you are headed into the grips .

On matter of fact , you are already in the grips of death . Death is equivalent to hell . You heard me . So I challenge you to think twice about how you treat the next woman , the next man that you encounter , whether they be kind or whether they be ugly . I dare you to be conscious of how you treat them and how you respond to them . Come on somebody .

Jesus , he says , verse 15 , whosoever hated his brother is a murderer . He says , and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them . This is what he says about those who hate their brother . He says you , just as just , you're an equal to a murderer , somebody who takes life . Let's look at the identity of a murderer . A murderer takes life .

Not only do they take life , they take purpose , because once they die , they can't fulfill their purpose . Hallelujah , amen . Unless you're George Foreman , come on somebody . I truly believe that his purpose was to die To bring enlightenment about some wrong Amen , about some injustice . Come on somebody . Hallelujah , hallelujah .

I can remember vividly I was working at JCrew at the time when I when that , when that happened and they said we're gonna take a moment of silence for the amount of time that that knee was on the neck of George Foreman , from the , from them the moments , the last moments of his life , and that time it seemed like it was an eternity .

And it says I said to myself how does somebody put their neck , their knee , on the neck of somebody and expect them to live for that long ?

It was just like , oh my God , where is the heart when you can feel like you're in such an authority where you can put your knee down on somebody's neck , not even conscious of the fact that they have to breathe in order to live ? Jesus , oh my God , I want y'all to think about that now .

How many times have you put your knee on the neck of somebody that you say is harming you , but yet you're killing them ? Come on , how many times have you done that ? Where you have ?

You have just been at somebody and you just continue to be at them over and over and again , but you expect them to live after you get done fulfilling what is going on inside of you . You got some level of authority that you have abused and taking it to your advantage , while yet it's killing somebody else . Jesus , jesus , come on , somebody .

I'm talking to myself , amen . I'm talking to you , but God is also talking to me , because it's real easy for us to walk in our authority but forgetting about somebody else's life . My , my , my , oh Lord , have mercy , something to think about , right ? I think I'm going to wrap up right there .

So , father , we thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for speaking into us some truth , speaking to us in such a way that we couldn't miss it . I pray , god , that you'll continue to have your way , continue to move , continue to shape us into the men and women of God you desire us to be .

I pray that we can be a help to one another . I pray that we will love the way you want us to , that we can love without condition our brothers and sisters in Christ . Hallelujah , god . We thank you . Thank you , god . We love you so much , so very grateful , so thankful . In Jesus Christ's name , we do pray Amenelujah .

So much love , so many prayers from me to you hope you'll come back on tomorrow as we continue on journeying through first john , chapter 3 , picking up at verse 16 . Hallelujah , hallelujah .