LOVE
The Triune God is the basis of all our relations as we have said earlier. The Bible says in John 5:20, 22, and 23 as the Father has loved Jesus and placed all things under Him, so love is the basis of all trust. In other words, when we love somebody, we will trust that person. Why so many family relationships are breaking these days? The answer to this is straightforward because they have not received the love of the Triune God in their marriage life and relationships.
In other words, because of the love of the Father for His Son, He trusts him and placed all things under Him. This teaches us that for the love of our husband, wife, and church, we should forsake ourselves and keep their will in mind and should go out of the way to do something special for them. The Bible goes on to say that God is love — love is God. In other words, God can never ever be a loner — — there had to be at least two persons in order for that love to be expressed in greater dimension. God, who is love — created human beings. And from God who is Triune, we learn about this love.
Testimony:
Here I would like to give a testimony of my grandmother who was the first in our family to come to faith in Christ and to receive the love of the Lord. She faced persecution by her husband, a wretched person I have ever known, who would chew betel leaf and used to spit at her. He would throw away food served to him at her, would beat her up, and inflict pain to her in all possible harassment. Her brothers were filthy rich and were determined to kill her for her faith. They made her stand in front of them, with a small sword like a weapon, threatening to kill her for her love for the Christ. But she did not bow down before them and declared that even if they cut her to pieces every piece would cry out only the name of ‘Jesus’.
She was never bitter because of her love for Christ and she took everything on her stride and single-handedly withstood against all the persecution. Gradually, she won her husband to Christ. Her son was a drunkard and gambler. Her son was transformed because of her love for Jesus. He left all the unacceptable habits and submitted his life to Christ. She turned her entire family to the Lord out of the love for Christ. It was her prophecy for me that I would serve the Lord! Now, she is in heaven, looking down and thanking the Lord for every persecution she had to go through and because of her love for Jesus, we witness hundreds and thousands of lives turned and transformed today.
