RUMOUR MILL

Last week, I was checking Chelsea Football Club’s official website because there has been increasing rumour concerning the return of former manager Jose Mourinho to the club. There has been several rumours from many different sources, but I never believed until I saw the news “MOURINHO APPOINTED” dated 03/06/2013 on their official website. One of the websites (Premier League on June 2^nd 2013) had to apologise for saying that Chelsea had secured the services of Mourinho when they had not.

With the arrival of the internet, ideas and beliefs spread around the world more quickly than ever before. Almost anyone with a computer can now appear to be an expert on any subject. Bloggers post their viewpoints on issues, flooding the world with conflicting ideas based on their subjective opinions with little or no accountability. Instant information is not bad in itself, but it certainly can bring about situations that can be spiritually dangerous it people are not discerning.

Many today still follow after falsehood, believing it will gain them spiritual enlightenment and peace. They dismiss the exclusive claim of Christianity that Jesus Christ is the only way to know God. Until they are willing to respond in faith to God’s Word and the drawing of the spirit of truth, they will follow “the spirit of error” (1 John 4:6). Those who listen and respond to what God has said in the Bible show themselves as God’s own.

One of such things is about love. Those who do not love are not of God. Love originates with Him and as His children, it should be an essential characteristic of our lives. God does not merely expects us to love. He demonstrated His love to us in the most amazing way. Sending His only son was costly, showing us how much He love us.

Often human generosity originates out of excess, getting rid of something not needed or wanted anymore. God’s generosity is much different. We did nothing to deserve sending His only son, yet he did it all the same. Love is more than just a feeling or mere emotion. Love involves action giving of oneself for the benefit of someone else. Love begins with an attitude of grace extended to any you encounter, whether deserving of not, and it carries on through a lifetime of consistent giving.

36  Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

37  And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38  This is the great and first commandment.

39  And a second like (unto it) is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40  On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.

Matt 22:36-40 ASV