February, a month set aside for romance of the heart. A time to show those you care for that they are loved. But what after the candy has been eaten, flowers fade and thrown away? When cards are tucked away in the keep-sake-box?
What if you still feel empty? Even a little lonely if we were to be honest with ourselves. Oh, it’s just this gray ol’ cold winter, we may say.
The focus of this February, From The VINE™ Blog post is a focus on what the Valentine that God has sent your way means. Jesus said, “Behold, I (Jesus) stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Revelation 3:20 KJV)
What does John 3:16, the widely memorized scripture, really saying to YOU? Father God, Creator of all (Colossians 1:16 KJV), sent His own Son Jesus Christ to earth in the body of flesh and blood, to take our place, to receive in our stead the very physical, gruesome beatings and nails through both hands and feet, shedding real blood to take the penalty we deserve.
Why was this necessary? Because of the fall of man, the sin nature. Without going deep in this post: Man required a Savior. Man is sort of in the middle of a great war. Jesus Christ came and saved us from the eternal damnation intended for Satan and those fallen angels who sided with him (Revelation 12:9 KJV). Thus entered Satan’s deception the fall of man and mans need of a Savior.
But the point I want to make in this post is that long after any trinket, candy, or flowers others may give to us on February 14th, God’s love never changes. (Hebrews 13:8 KJV) It lasts for eternity for those who will open their hearts and accept God’s gift, Jesus Christ and the finished work He completed at Calvary’s Cross. (John 19:30 KJV) Jesus Christ and all that His shed blood makes possible to us. Even if other’s change and walk away, we have His promise, ” I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 KJV)
A far better Valentine. Have you opened yours sent by God yet?
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20 (KJV)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV)
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Isaiah 14:12 (KJV)
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. Revelation 9:1 (KJV)
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:9 (KJV)
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 (KJV)
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. John 19:30 (KJV)
God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He spoken, and shall he not make it good? Numbers 23:19 (KJV)
We love Him, because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19 (KJV)
“… the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5 (KJV)
” I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5(KJV)
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