If your mind-set is primarily focused on Old Testament study, you will have an incomplete understanding of the unconditional Love of God. Therefore it is vital that we focus on both the Words and acts of Jesus.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 14:
6 Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. To know me is to know my Father too.
7 And from now on you will realize that you have seen Him and experienced Him.”
Do you fully believe the Words of Jesus?
The Word of God does not contradict Itself and there is perfect harmony in it all. In the Old Testament we see a picture of God that is incomplete, It is not incorrect but It is just incomplete.
People who create their understanding of the nature of God based only on the Old Testament usually don’t end up with a fully accurate picture. The Old Testament is only a partial picture as it is not a perfect representation of God. Unless we understand the New Testament and are able to harmonize It with the Old Testament, we are going to end up misunderstanding the Love and the whole Nature of God.
God is Love!
If we don’t know God’s Nature or really understand him then we’ll never effectively walk in the blessings, power, and authority of God. Religious ideas often arise from a lack of understanding of our Heavenly Father’s Love for mankind and due to this lack of understanding, people are unable to enter into a close relationship with FATHER. You and I need to pursue an intimate relationship with Our Heavenly Father, not just a casual relationship based on an occasional focus.
Jesus continued:
8 Philip spoke up, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be all that we need!”
9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I’ve been with you all this time and you still don’t know who I am? How could you ask Me to show you the Father, for anyone who has looked at me has seen the Father.
10 Don’t you believe that the Father is living in Me and that I am living in the Father? Even my Words are not My own but come from My Father, for He lives in Me and performs His miracles of power through Me.
11 Believe that I live as one with My Father and that My Father lives as One with Me—or at least, believe because of the mighty miracles I have done.
12 “I tell you this timeless Truth: The person who follows Me in faith, believing in Me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do—even greater miracles than these because I go to be with my Father!
13 For I will do whatever you ask Me to do when you ask Me in My Name. And that is how the Son will show what the Father is really like and bring glory to Him. 14 Ask me anything in My Name, and I will do it for you!”
What is preventing you from fully embracing these Words of Jesus, is it fear of failure? Is it the uncertainty of your relationship with Our Heavenly Father? Don’t you realize He knew you before He formed you in the womb?
Father’s Love for us is so great that when we were yet sinners, He saved us from our unrighteousness. This is what grace is all about.
It’s not about performance, it is about His unconditional Love for us. Our mind-set must be transformed so that we can fully comprehend HIS Agape Love and walk in It as well.