The verse: "Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold."
I used a meditation technique to allow God to speak to me. It involves putting the stress on different words as you repeat the verse.
Because of the INCREASE of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
More and more. One version says ABOUNDING.
Because of the increase of WICKEDNESS, the love of most will grow cold.
wickedness, evil will gain a greater emphasis in this world. I don't like when people
overexaggerate things but God says it is going to get worse as the end approaches.
This is scary.
Because of the increase of wickedness, the LOVE of most will grow cold.
Love, an antithesis of wickedness. Love can be an antidote for wickedness. Jesus
loves us in spite of and in the midst of our wickedness and opens the way of right
relationship and living with God and others. Love is the hope of restoration and
reconciliation in the presence of evil.
As Jesus hung on the cross, people reviled him and told him to prove he had the
power of God by coming down; his love kept him on the cross because he knew
his sacrificial death would achieve the ultimate payment of justification and
reconciliation for our wickedness. Thank you, Jesus, for keeping the main thing
the main thing.
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of MOST will grow cold.
MOST. . . MOST . . . MOST. How many is the most? Lord, I don't want to be
a part of the most. Is it that the most keep their eyes on the wickedness and lose
sight of you? Is it that the most are so overwhelmed by the wickedness that they
question your existence and presence?
How do we, as a community of believers, stay a faithful remnant? Oh, Jesus, we
need to keep our eyes and hearts and ears and minds and strength on you. We need
to draw life from you. We need to live, not a Christian ethic but, you.
May we keep our eyes on you and be a part of your rescue team extending your love
to the most.
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow COLD.
COLD love - a chilling thought (pun intended?). What a terrible indictment! Too many
have experienced the death of a frigid relationship ending in divorce. How many
friendships have been broken like an icicle because of a cold shoulder?
God, keep me hot. Keep us hot. Like a fire, we need each other to stay ignited. In the
midst of the cold, we need to huddle together to maintain our heat. Those, who are cold
and seeking life, are drawn to the warmth of a fire; they are being drawn by the warmth of
relationship and love that eminates from our community.
Lord, in spite of the increase of wickedness, may I/we keep our eyes and hearts on you so that our love will stay hot.
I am going to dwell on this verse for a long, long time.
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