1 John 2:29 “Behold, what manner of [love] the [Father} hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the [sons] of [God], therefore the world [knoweth] us not, because it knew him not.” Commentary: The word love or agape is the highest form of love which is a sacrificial love! Pseudo love is you sacrificing others for your benefit! True love sacrifices yourself for others! This is what the Cross is all about! The Father is the instrument of our spiritual birth! He is the creator of the heavens and the earth! He is the Father of all men by virtue of his creation! He is also the Father of his only Son Jesus Christ! We are the sons of God through spiritual birth but Christ preceded creation! He is part of the Trinity who has an eternal existence before time! The word God means the true God! Not the gods invented by men! False gods are created by men but the true God created men! In his image! The world is the material universe inhabited by all men. To know means to perceive. A perceptive intuition that we belong to God! The world is perplexed by our fellowship with Christ only because they do not know him! They cannot comprehend it! Our thoughts are consumed by his love for us! We anticipate his second coming by the historical evidence and experience of his first coming! We are preparing ourselves for the thousand year reign of Christ here on earth! We are building his church here on earth! Time and history proves his love for us! Our death will prove his resurrection power for us! We cannot turn back the past but he has forgiven us our past! He alone holds our future! Heaven or hell is in your future depending on what you do with the Messiah! Accept or reject his love? I live for him everyday! His thoughts become my thoughts! His word lights my path! I do not stumble in darkness by the false ideologies of this world that oppose Christ! He revealed himself to me! His love for me beyond measure! He is faithful! You can trust him! He will come to you in your darkest hour if you call out to him! Jesus! Save me! From myself! He has sent his Holy Spirit to comfort us! Our desire is that all could experience the love of God! Jesus said go out into all the world and preach the Gospel! This is what we do! Regardless of the cost! James & Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com