WHAT ARE YOU CHASING AFTER 1JOHN 4:27 by faithfulness NGDw
Topic: What are you chasing after?
Text: 1 John 4:17
“Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement: because as he is, so are we in this world.”
Our love is made perfect in only Christ and in Him, we will have boldness in the day of judgement, but what will determine whether we will have the boldness or not? Our chase now on earth will.
The Bible tells us in Matthew 6:33;
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Looking at this scripture, the kingdom of God, which involves doing the will of God and choosing it again and again over ours should be our chase while on earth.
We must not be too taken in with mundane things that an end will come to in a day we know not of, and it will be too late for us to be saved by Christ.
The kingdom of God should be our utmost chase not gold nor silver, His grace which is sufficient for all should be our greatest desire.
Let us not be ambitious and proud of worldly riches, which may be easily lost and can't even save us on the day of judgement. Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivered from death (Proverbs 11:4KJV).
In our chase of the kingdom of God, we must seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God(Colossians 1:1KJV). We must walk closely with God in true obedience, be dead to sin through the Holy Spirit by mortifying the lusts of the flesh, despise earthly things, desire heavenly things and let Christ be our comforter.
Prayer
Father, we pray that you help us to chase your kingdom. Do not let the lusts of this world take away our love for you and focus on your kingdom. Amen.
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