Heavenbound Church Blog

 What is love? Love is not a feeling, love is not a sentiment, love is not a passion and love is not a blind emotion but love is a principal, love is a determination.  Paul the apostle gives a full description of love in 1st corinthians 13:4-8 [ 4  Love suffers long  and  is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not  [ a ] puffed up;  5  does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked,  [ b ] thinks no evil;  6  does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;  7  bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  8  Love never fails…]

16  For God so loved  the world that he gave  his one and only Son,  that whoever believes  in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  KJV 18  Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

  It is always wonderful to give something to someone special, it is also great to receive something. There is however a risk to love the gift more than the giver. Brigham young, once said: "Love the giver more than the gift"  We must remember that most gifts are perishable and temporary, but the giver for the most part outlive the gifts. Let us look at what James the apostle says in James 1: 17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning" So if every good gift comes from God even when god has inspired a human being to give us a gift we must then be gracious and thankful to the giver and at the very least show respect, honor, appreciation, and why not love the giver. Let us remember that the greatest gift ever given to humanity is JESUS, the only begotten Son of God. Let us therefore be thankful to God for the wonderful gift of His Son who came to redeem us ...