Love Constrains Us: Regard No Man After The Flesh

Apostle Grace Lubega

2 Corinthians 5:14-16 (KJV): For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead…Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

The character of love as revealed to us in the Bible sets a very high bar on how we ought to treat fellow men.

In 1 Corinthians 13:7 AMP, the Bible says of love, “love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances and it endures everything [without weakening].”

How does love believe the best of every person and endure everything without weakening?

The constraints of love, like the theme scripture says, dictate that we regard no man after the flesh.

It means that we do not judge men according to what they do in the flesh.

Yes, she is annoyingly quarrelsome but ignore that weakness in the flesh. Yes, he is rebellious but ignore that weakness in the flesh.

Consider the righteousness of God that he or she is (2 Corinthians 5:21). Consider the wisdom that God has placed inside them (1 Corinthians 1:30). Consider the treasure in earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7).

Never judge a man for sin in the flesh. Look at their identity in God and pray for them so they walk in who they truly are in Him.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 John 3:9

GOLDEN NUGGET:
Never judge a man for sin in the flesh. Look at their identity in God and pray for them so they walk in who they truly are in Him.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the revelation of your love. Lord, knowledge and prophecies may cease but love never fails. Abba, you have revealed that when I love, I can never fail to change a man; when I love, I can never fail to change circumstances. My spirit has been recreated in the image of love, I am the very love of God. Every day, I walk in its dictates: believing in people and looking at them through the very eyes that you look at them. By this, I know that I will change the world, because I am qualified with the highest degree, which is your love. In Jesus’ name. Amen.