Nov 5.97: Light For The Day - "The Secret"

"There are some things that the Lord our God has
keep secret; but he has revealed his law, and
we and our decendants are to obey it forever."
-- Deuteronomy 29:29 (TEV) - Phuc TLLK

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"The Secret"

There is something exciting and pleasing about
being in on a secret. When we are told secrets, it
shows that we are trusted and esteemed. It makes
us special. It sets us apart. God has made us privy
to a very special secret. We have been given
information which can change our lives. That secret
is simple, yet powerful:

"God is love (1John 4:7-21),
and with Him all things are possible (Mark 10:27)."

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish but
have eternal life." -- John 3:16 (RSV) 

This doesn't seem like much of a secret, but it is
amazing how many people act as though they are
not in on it. For those people who devote
themselves to loving and following God, this secret
is the greatest joy of their lives. For those who don't
know it, it comes as the greatest disappointment and
torment when it is revealed.

God offers this secret to all people, and it is the
obligation of everyone who knows it to share it with
as many other people as they can. The secret that
God gives to the righteous is a secret that He wants
the whole world to share. The greatest desire of God
is a day when the secret the righteous share will no
longer be a secret. It will be a truth that is known by all.

PRAYER: 
Lord grant that I might always and everywhere share
the blessed secret of your love with everyone I meet.
Make me a true disciple of yours, spreading your love
and gospel throughout my world. Amen.

-- Dan & Nancy Dick

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The Secret:

"God's plan is to make known his secret to his peoples.
And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that
you will share the glory of God. So we preach Christ to
everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach
them in order to bring each one onto God's presence as
a mature individual in union with Christ. 
-- Colossians 1:27-29 (TEV- Today English Version)

"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another,
God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 
We know that we live in him and he in us, because he
has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify
that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the
world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of
God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know
and rely on the love God has for us. 
GOD is LOVE.

Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 
In this way, love is made complete among us so that we
will have confidence on the day of judgment, because
in this world we are like him."
-- 1John 4:12-17 (NIV)-

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