Its a work of the Holy Spirit to come to know this love. aˆ?The love of God has been poured into our very own hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to usaˆ? (Romans 5:5). We cannot achieve this knowledge of God by striving, by trying to, or anything like that. We have to be willing at some point just to aˆ?open our heartsaˆ? and receive it. What can make this hard for us is when our hearts are hardened and crusted over by layers of pride, cynicism, anger, selfishness and unbelief. This can be happening even when we are not conscious of it. I know from my own experience. It can take a work of God to soften a hard heart. It takes a work of God to heal a heart that has been hurt by rejection over the years. Continue reading “We discover treating from Jesus even as we understand that in Christ, Jesus really allows us”