In The Garden
"He Loves Me - He Loves me Not!"
Pastor Wayne Clabaugh

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Scripture: "If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." John 14:23,24 (KJV)

I have spoken many times on that literal place called Hell, and I'm not going to get into it here today with the exception of reiterating that God will not send YOU or ANYONE to HELL. He has set an order on the universe and spoken it into existence and He has said that the soul that sinneth it shall die. (ref., Ezekiel 18:4) That means if you sin... you will go to Hell - because you "chose" to go there.

When a man cheats on his wife, one of the first things she says is, "If you really loved me, you wouldn't have cheated on me." Of course they guy doesn't see it that way exactly because 99% will say they cheated but they still loved their wives. They will even go so far as to say the devil made them do it! No he didn't! It was your sin nature that you never gave to God. AND, let's get this clear ladies... he cheated on you because he didn't love the Lord! Watch this... John 14: 23 and 24.

"If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me." (KJV)

Now, it's very possible that God dropped that into the heart of the female in such a way that she uses that as her reasoning for her husband cheating on her - and don't get me wrong, he deserves to hear it over and over until he gets the fact that your relationship was based on love and stems from love, and when he goes against that - he shows you that he doesn't love you.... even though... he probably does. But wait a minute... before you click the reply button and decide to jump all over me. Here's what I am trying to say here today and please take it to heart... what are you doing to Jesus? Are you not cheating on Him. Did you not say that you loved him with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind... and yet, what do you choose instead of him?

When was they last time that you turned off the Television and took out the Bible and just fed on His love letters to you? When was the last time that you got down on your knees and told Him how much you loved Him and how much you needed Him and how... "He completed you?" When was the last time that you closed your eyes and just reached deep with your spirit and soul and began to praise Him and worship Him and thank Him for His provision and just really "connect" in such a way that you felt as though you would explode.

Sisters in Jesus... Brothers in Jesus... this is the reason "cheating" happens. If you can cheat on the ALMIGHTY GOD and treat The Gift of His SON like He's just another trinket you put on the shelf... how can you expect to have "any" integrity in any thing you do?

Do you love Him? He said, "If a man love me, he will keep my words:" otherwise, "He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings."

All of the stuff of life that so easily beats against your spirit on a daily basis, would be so much easier to handle if you had that kind of intense, intimate relationship with Jesus. There would no doubts that your bills would be paid, no doubt that your body would be healed; no doubt that all things in your life were going to work out for good - because you would feel His strength inside of you and you would feel His faith inside of you there would be no fear and darkness - no sin. There would be no place for it! He would fill up all of those dark places!

Now, I'm going to say something in closing here that someone isn't going to like - but it is one of the truest things I have ever said: THERE IS ONE THING THAT GOD CANNOT MAKE YOU DO... WILL NOT MAKE YOU DO... and that is to make you LOVE HIM! While He's no sitting and pulling the petals off of flowers going, "She loves me, she loves me not", he is wooing you with every waking moment, because you are that IMPORTANT to Him. He Loves you and wants to spend forever with you. In fact, He's even now planning a wedding feast on your behalf. Will you receive His invitation and come?

Lets pray together shall we... and you pray this prayer after me.

Father, I have sinned against you, and I need your forgiveness. I have cheated on you Lord by not spending time with you in prayer and in reading the Bible and being in WORSHIP with You! I do Love You Lord Jesus and I ask You forgiveness and Your help to be all that I should be for You. I come Lord Jesus, once again, and I surrender my will to be Your very own. I want to spend the rest of my life with You Lord, and I give You all there is of me just now, in Jesus' Name. Amen.