Since God's love is manifest to us
through Jesus in that He as God willingly added humanity to His
divinity so He could come to serve and love us to the point of dying
for us, then the desired response is that we commit to an on-going
relationship with Jesus who is the way to God's presence -- the door to
sharing and participation in His joyous God-life.
God's
desire for us is that we would freely love Him in return -- not that He
needs for us to love Him, but rather because in that relationship with
Jesus, He eagerly blesses us with salvation, His life within
us, the Holy Spirit, fulfillment, a more abundant life now, and eternal
life in the future.
God desires us to accept Jesus as Lord of our lives and as our personal
savior.
God desires that we change our lives and be baptized as a sign of our
commitment to Him.
God wants us to be Holy people -- people in whom He dwells and whose
lives reflect His loving goodness and glory.
God desires that we maintain fellowship with other Christians so that
we can mutually build one another up in faith in God and in our
relationship with Him.
God wants us to love one another with an outgoing, serving, caring
love. "A new comandment I give you that you love one another
as I have loved you." (John 13:34)
God desires that we be His tools to reconcile the whole world to
Himself.
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