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October 7, 2014

Faith and Nationalism

How ones faith does developed ones love for the country?
Galatians 5:6 said For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Do all of us have faith? Or are you frustrated with your life having faith? "Faith"
here once again is trust in, submission to, and commitment of oneself to Christ.
This kind of faith works through love.
When I was a person who hasnt been saved, I dont have faith or even love for
the country because of the fact that its inhabitants were wicked and cruel. How
could I have faith back then when these people are doing unnecessary things that
made me hate them? Ask yourself, do you have faith in yourself? In your country?
And in God? How could we have faith on our country when our country doesnt
have faith on itself? GOD is just the only answer.
I believe in God. God is the one who allows me to have faith. If God has faith
on us, I have faith in Him. God saved me from the bondage of slavery and Satans
schemes. And what made me believe in the Lord? It is because I receive and love
Him.
But the question is how ones faith does develop ones love for the country?
According to 1 Timothy 2:4 The Lord desires all men to be saved and to come to
the full knowledge of the truth. If you love the Lord, you desire what He desires
and that made my faith develop love for the country. Since the Lord desires all
men to be saved, it made me also desire to save the sinners that they would come
to the full knowledge of the truth. Many people's faith is dead, inactive. Your
faith may be like a dead battery--unable to produce power. Why? Because love is
what makes faith work! Without love, faith is dormant.

God has faith on each one of us. God has made numerous promises regarding
the power of faith. Faith can move mountains. Faith can heal diseases. Faith can
receive answers to prayers. Nothing is impossible with faith. Yet many know the
power of faith and still are not seeing any positive results. Of course, we may have
faith but we dont really know what the real essence of faith is. Have you
experienced having faith in yourself yet still dont see any positive results of it? It is
like having faith on your country yet what does your faith gets? There was a quote
that said Faith makes all things possible, but love makes all things easy. Thats why
when tough times and circumstances strike our life, sometimes you think that the
world is against you but you havent realized what you are up against-your faith. In
addition to that is that you think people are trying to pull you off from what you
are destined to do that is why it is very difficult for you to gain love for the people
around you but if you let the Lord works in your being, your faith will be
strengthened. Faith makes all things possible but we dont know how long will
possible is going to be there. It might become impossible. That is why if you have,
then you should have love. Love makes all things easy. And according to this verse,
1 Corinthians 13:2 and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not
love, I am nothing. Faith is the root and love is the fruit. True faith is a working
grace; it works by love to God, and to our brethren.
To Paul all that mattered was faith which works through love. That is just
another way of saying that the essence of Christianity is not law but a personal
relationship to Jesus Christ. The Christian's faith is founded not on a book but on
a person; its dynamic is not obedience to any law but love to Jesus Christ. The
Christian does not demonstrate his faith by the rigor with which he keeps Moses'
Law, but by the love he or she shows in every relationship, with God and with
others. Loving the Lord with our best love is the way and the key to strengthen
our faith and develop our love to the country and people. For one thing that
counts is faith expressed through love. Because faith expresses itself through
love, you can check your love for others as a way to monitor your faith.