Love God with Sincerity.

A while ago, in one of my devotions, I came across a truth that inspired me. The scripture reference is Eph 6:24. 

Eph. 6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. 

Grace be with all them that love our LORD Jesus Christ in sincerity.

The word sincere was the focus of the authors of my devotions attention. He wrote this:

“A Roman artist named Titus was commissioned to carve a statue of the emperor. He did a good job, and at the unveiling everyone was amazed at the striking resemblance of the statue to the living emperor. Every feature was carved to perfection.
All went well as the statue was displayed in public until the summer sun began to bear down. Then suddenly the nose fell off. When the statue was inspected it was discovered that although the rest of it was carved out of marble, the nose was made of wax.
So Titus was banished from Rome in disgrace, and a law was passed decreeing that from then on all statues of the emperor were to be made without wax.
The Latin words for “without wax” are sine cera. From those words we have derived the English word sincere.”

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Excerpt From: William L. Banks. “Daily Manna.” CLC Publications. iBooks. 
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A few observations:

The Apostle Paul is pronouncing Grace, (may God give you all the things you don’t deserve) but only to those who love Jesus in sincerity. Meaning you love Christ without wax. What that means is that my love for Christ needs to be that which can withstand heat.  The heat of everyday life. The heat of depression, the heat of peer pressure, the heat of discouragement.  I cannot be the kind of believer that only loves God when the weather is such that comfort is the assumed, but my love for God needs to go through some things and discover that my love is made from marble. There is no wax there. 

I don’t want my love to fall off when trials come, when it gets hot, when trouble comes. I want to my love to withstand extremes. When its hot, it’s standing, when its cold it’s standing. If you don’t like it, it’s standing. My love for Christ needs to be one that is sincere. “Sine Cera”with out wax. How is your love for Christ?

Yours Because I am His,
Leo Colon
pastor@ihpfwc.org
http://www.ihpfwc.org.

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