Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ revealed to us which are the two greatest commandments of the entire law of God.
Jesus Said: “Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40)
But there is a third commandment without which, it is literally an impossibility being able to achieve as servants of God, the obedience of the first two.
Consider the Scripture: “You who love the LORD, hate evil! He protects the lives of his godly people and rescues them from the power of the wicked.” (Psalms 97:10)
These three elements are the component of the established Biblical foundation by Jehovah God, in other words, loving God above all else- Loving our neighbor as ourselves- and to Hate all evil, is the expectation, the requirement, the condition, and just to make it more clear, the goal set for you and I from God, Our Supreme Creator and Provider. Precious, marvelous, and above all else, so undeserving have been the fruits of God’s Holy Spirit for my life. Yes, in this sweet, exciting, pleasant path of holiness, God has not withheld His kind hand of blessing upon me. The restorative benefits of God’s undeserved grace are indescribably invaluable. Yes, I often ask God what was it that motivated your Sacred heart by appointing me, as your servant? I simply cannot discern, no matter how hard I try, why the grace of Christ and the mercy of God have granted me this honor, this privilege, this joy and happiness to be able to be a humble messenger of healing- hope and eternal life. With this in mind, I can in all honesty and humility proclaim that I love with everything there is within me the Beauty of God and everything He stands for. Outcome: I abhor from the bottom of my soul and my viscera, all evil! In this document we are not going to use any time to document about the hatred that my heart feels against external things, such as the inhumane and detestable behavior of humanity, for by the grace of my Lord Jesus Christ and by the revelation of Jehovah’s Holy Spirit, this document has already been published in social media which is entitled, “Hate, What a Wonderful Feeling.” Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us that in our human nature there are two powerful fortresses: The Spiritual and the carnal one.
Jesus Said: “Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!” (Matthew 26:41)
Definition: The Spiritual is powerful, perfect, and holy, while the carnal is weak, rebellious, corrupt, sinful, and very evil. The apostle Paul wrote that between these two fortresses, there is a contrast, an enmity, a fierce battle, in other words, an arduous conflict between good and evil.
Consider the scripture: “So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.“ (Galatians 5:16-17)
To God the Father, and to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit I have as witnesses, that what I’m about to proclaim is honest and true, with the same passion with which I hate all the disgusting evil that exists in this world, in the same way, my heart hates my humanity, which is so limited and always so sinful. The vast majority of human beings dream of having a successful career, a job where they earn a lot of money, owning property, having luxury cars, an excellent credit, a lot of money saved in the bank, and being able to travel worry free around the world. My desire, my dream, my goal, and the primary purpose of my life on the other hand is completely the opposite, I would give anything to be the kind of servant who brings nothing but joy, and happiness and honor to the Sweet,Tender, Patient and Loving heart of my beloved Lord Jesus Christ, and to the Holy, Merciful, Just, and glorious heart of Jehovah God Almighty, the Holy One of Israel. Yes, I would give anything to never fail, offend, and sadden not even with the thought, the Holy Spirit which is forever and ever wonderfully good. This beautiful feeling of desiring with all there is within myself to obey God’s Holy will, and not being able to do it, is the saddest, most frustrating, and by far the most disappointing reality I have experienced at 49 years of age. Yes, I hate that my sinful nature deprives me of being able to obey and surrender myself completely, to what God so lovingly, has established. But without a doubt the saddest part of this reality is that my flesh, my sinful condition, always tries to shamelessly justify what is clearly and obviously unjustifiable. Yes, to my shame I must confess that when it comes down to work in God’s will, I am indescribably lazy and undisciplined. Let’s add to this my great lack of faith and trust, for any bad news that I hear about, I get distressed, discouraged, scared, I cower and even lose my appetite. I have a system in which I exercise 6 days a week, with this in mind, I can have a fever of 103, a severe toothache, a very bad cold, dead tired for lack of sleep, and just to make it more comprehensible; not even when I had been mourning the loss of a loved one, has been able to deprive me of doing my exercise. On the other hand, it would be literally impossible, to put in writing, the countless times in which I have cancelled due to a slight fatigue, for Bible Studies. Yes, also of the painful and unjustifiable reality that 95% of the promises I have made at the feet of Jesus, and of Jehovah His beloved God and Father, have become nothing but broken promises. But above all else, the most deplorable, undesirable, despicable, incomprehensible, and unacceptable of this sinful condition that I find myself in, is to deliberately and consciously ignore the voice of God, whenever He speaks to me. Next, we reveal the perfect and clearest example of what we are proclaiming. In my job, God has granted me the wonderful grace of being able to fulfill the three purposes of His calling to my life, which are: Prayer, Bible Reading, and Writing. These three purposes are the components that my Lord Jesus Christ and God the Supreme Father, have made my place of employment, my Worship Center. This is undoubtedly the most wonderful blessing that the grace and mercy of God and of Jesus Christ my King, have ever granted me, the problem is, that I only remember to worship them while I am at work. Definition: I am sadly only a five day worshipper. Yes, I have to shamefully admit that in my two days off, I do not pray, much less dedicate a little bit of time, to read my Bible. Here comes the most incomprehensible and absurd reality in which I find myself in, time after time I have presented myself in the presence of God with the following request: To please grant me the blessing of being able to delight upon doing His Holy will, on a daily basis. I have confessed to Him how painful and sad it is to return to my job at the beginning of my week at work, and not being able to look up to the heavens due to the great sense of guilt that overwhelms my heart. Yes, the guilt of knowing what needed to be done concerning the will of God on my days off, and that unjustifiably did not take the time to do it. I must confess that I am a world of contradictions, for I pray to God to please allow me to hear His voice reminding me of my spiritual responsibilities, and when He faithfully does, I disgustingly pretend, that I did not hear it. I was created in the image and likeness of Jesus and of God the Father.
Consider the scripture: “Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” (Genesis 1:26)
This clearly implies that I was created with wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, and the discernment of clearly knowing the difference between good and evil. But, God wasn’t satisfied by blessing me with these wonderful attributes only, he also granted me with the priceless gift of having a conscience. Why priceless? Because it is the inner voice of reasoning which clearly declares to my heart, if I am in harmony or at enmity with God.
Biblical Support: “They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.” (Romans 2:15-16)
Yes, there is absolutely nothing more embarrassing that when I hear the voice of my conscience revealing to me that almost always, I choose to put something else before God. Yes, how disappointing it is to be fully aware, that I am more than capable of giving 100% of myself to God, but because of my great lack of love, gratitude, laziness, and indiscipline , I almost always end up giving Him just for putting a very generous percentage, 60%, And as if this were not bad enough, here comes the most terrible, the most deplorable, the most rotten, corrupt, and undesirable, part of this sinful condition in which I find myself in. Yes, of this weak, cowardly, rebellious, ungrateful, and disobedient sinful nature that I so passionately despise and hate. It would be impossible to recall the Bible Studies that I have preached very reluctantly, in other words, only and exclusively, just to get them out of the way. At no time and under no circumstance, I’m pretending to make myself equal to the apostle Paul, an admirable, respected servant, whom I love so greatly. Yes, a wonderful servant of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, of which I hope to someday, I could reach to at least become even half of the kind of faithful servant that he was. With this in mind Paul, enlightened by God’s Holy Spirit documents something very Powerful, Faithful, and Truthful, something that greatly resembles the way my heart feels, he also felt confusion- disappointment- frustration – disgust- and a very great abhorrence against his limited sinful nature. Yes, in his intense desire of yearning with all of his might and above all else to please and obey God’s Holy will, he came face to face with the sad and painful reality that while he was still in the flesh, in his sinful nature, to fully and completely being able to obey the Perfect commandments of Jesus and those of God, it’s an Impossibility!
Biblical Support: “So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.” (Romans 7:14-25)
This clearly harmonizes with the proclamation by King Solomon, the wisest and most powerful human being that has ever existed.
Read, and Educate Yourself: “Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.”(Ecclesiastes 7:20)
With this in mind, there hasn’t, there isn’t, and there never will be anyone that could ever proclaim what came out of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is Holy, Perfect, Humble, and at all times and forever and ever obedient to the will of God His beloved Father.
Biblical Support: “And the one who sent me is with me—he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him.” Then many who heard him say these things believed in him.” (John 8:29-30)
Our position as servants, must at all times be the complete opposite of what we just read from our Lord Jesus Christ, and the most perfect and exact description of the opposite, was majestically revealed by God’s Holy Spirit to the apostle Paul.
Read it, and long for it: “This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all.” (1 Timothy 1:15)
This level of humility from Paul’s heart, is the greatest desire of my heart. Yes, of all the petitions that I bring before the Holy feet of Jesus and at the feet of Jehovah God in prayer Humility, is for what my heart has implored the most. Yes, it’s only through humility that we can clearly see how greatly Undeserving we are of the great love- the blessings the mercy- of the incomprehensible patience that the grace and the forgiveness we receive on a daily basis from God, and from Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Consider the Scripture. “LORD, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.” (Psalm 130:3-4)
Yes, it is only through humility that we are able to visualize the salvation that Jehovah God offers us through His only begotten Son, none of us are worthy.
Biblical Support: “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.” (Romans 3:23-24)
The characteristic that God loves the most of human beings is humility of heart, so great is His love for those of humble condition, that Jesus our Savior guaranteed the following.
“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.” (Matthew 5:3)
Conclusion: The hate I feel towards my sinful nature, is what keeps me humble and thankful. Yes, it is what allows me to clearly see how undeserving I have been, for everything God and Jesus have blessed me with.
“That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
AMEN.
Author: The Holy Spirit
Temple of GOD/ Here I am. Send me.
Brother Salvador Lopez (323)214-6713