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Re: GOD’S ONLY LAW: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF Almost. The book of Galations was written to BELIEVERS at the church of Galatia. Assuming you BELIEVE, the SECOND commandment is to LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
no kidding. what the "law" doesn’t do, nor can do is make one right with God. but the purpose and effectiveness of the "law" in regards to "evildoers" is not lost nor cast aside. one doesn’t love his neighbor by killing his neighbor (lifted that from Bugliosi) pronounced… bug lee O see – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – NON-BELIEVERS, should look to Luke 10:25-27 or Mat 22:36-40 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." The FIRST LAW is to Love the Lord your God. The SECOND LAW is to Love your neighbor as yourself. This is not an automatic, all-fall-down process. Christians are called to [Romans 12:2] "be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the RENEWING of YOUR mind, that YOU may PROVE what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect". WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY renew: 1. to make new or fresh again 2. to reestablish ; revive 3. to resume 4. to put in a fresh supply of 5. to give or get an extension of prove: 1. to test by experiment, 2. to establish as true -vi. to be found by experience or trial Do you deny electricity? I believe in electricity. While I cannot see it with my EYES, I bear witness to the fact it has touched my life immeasurably. It runs my PC! And yet, I am not a master electrician. And so it is with my belief in Christ. I bear witness to THE TRUTH. The TRUTH IS IN ME. I can’t explain it ANY other way. I can still mess up. I am still human. Don’t look at me. Greater is He who as in me, than he who is in the world. Is that a cop out? It sure looks like it, if I don’t *REALLY* walk by faith. But GOD is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I AM is still perfecting my faith. *** Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased. Peace —– John 3:16 —— be with YOU. God Bless YOU! Try this: Dear God, IF you are real, and IF you love ME, and IF Jesus Christ is your son, and IF your word is THE TRUTH, and IF your son died on the cross for ME that I might have eternal life, then I confess my sins, and I ask your forgiveness in Jesus name, and I ask your son Jesus Christ to be my Lord. Come into my heart, and fill me with your Holy Spirit. It will change your life. The word of God will not return VOID. Take His word for it. *** Whaat? If that’s the case, shouldn’t we ask why christians hate themselves so much? Hate is a pretty strong word. If ever I despise my behavior, it only confirms my suspicians… I am STILL in need of a savior. — Rob Cruickshank: Official SubGenius Avatar and Living Incarnation of Brian the Octopus and Crazy Max the Turtle, Disciples of the Great White Guppy, Last Seen Sliding Down the Gullet of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs as the Eponymous Component of a Goldfish Layback some Years Previously Keeper of http://come.to/cruickro/ God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV)
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Whaat? If that’s the case, shouldn’t we ask why christians hate themselves so much? — Rob Cruickshank: Official SubGenius Avatar and Living Incarnation of Brian the Octopus and Crazy Max the Turtle, Disciples of the Great White Guppy, Last Seen Sliding Down the Gullet of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs as the Eponymous Component of a Goldfish Layback some Years Previously Keeper of http://come.to/cruickro/ God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your
neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV)
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: God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF [...] Sorry, there is no way I’m jerking off all those people. — In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. -Stephen Jay Gould
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Re: GOD’S ONLY LAW: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Almost. The book of Galations was written to BELIEVERS at the church of Galatia. Assuming you BELIEVE, the SECOND commandment is to LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. NON-BELIEVERS, should look to Luke 10:25-27 or Mat 22:36-40 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." The FIRST LAW is to Love the Lord your God. The SECOND LAW is to Love your neighbor as yourself. This is not an automatic, all-fall-down process. Christians are called to [Romans 12:2] "be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the RENEWING of YOUR mind, that YOU may PROVE what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect". WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY renew: 1. to make new or fresh again 2. to reestablish ; revive 3. to resume 4. to put in a fresh supply of 5. to give or get an extension of prove: 1. to test by experiment, 2. to establish as true -vi. to be found by experience or trial Do you deny electricity? I believe in electricity. While I cannot see it with my EYES, I bear witness to the fact it has touched my life immeasurably. It runs my PC! And yet, I am not a master electrician. And so it is with my belief in Christ. I bear witness to THE TRUTH. The TRUTH IS IN ME. I can’t explain it ANY other way. I can still mess up. I am still human. Don’t look at me. Greater is He who as in me, than he who is in the world. Is that a cop out? It sure looks like it, if I don’t *REALLY* walk by faith. But GOD is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I AM is still perfecting my faith. *** Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased. Peace —– John 3:16 —— be with YOU. God Bless YOU! Try this: Dear God, IF you are real, and IF you love ME, and IF Jesus Christ is your son, and IF your word is THE TRUTH, and IF your son died on the cross for ME that I might have eternal life, then I confess my sins, and I ask your forgiveness in Jesus name, and I ask your son Jesus Christ to be my Lord. Come into my heart, and fill me with your Holy Spirit. It will change your life. The word of God will not return VOID. Take His word for it. *** Whaat? If that’s the case, shouldn’t we ask why christians hate themselves so much?
Hate is a pretty strong word. If ever I despise my behavior, it only confirms my suspicians… I am STILL in need of a savior. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text — Rob Cruickshank: Official SubGenius Avatar and Living Incarnation of Brian the Octopus and Crazy Max the Turtle, Disciples of the Great White Guppy, Last Seen Sliding Down the Gullet of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs as the Eponymous Component of a Goldfish Layback some Years Previously Keeper of http://come.to/cruickro/ God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV)
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Whaat? If that’s the case, shouldn’t we ask why christians hate themselves so much?
A legitimate question!
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No, Jesus was trying to tell them that WE as Christian must be good neighbors to everyone. and He is giving us an example of what a GOOD neighbor is.
So when are the Christians going to start to be good neighbors to everyone? I read that Christians were so neighborly in the New World that almost 50 million natives were killed. With good neighbors like that who needs enemies? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Piss and mercy Jacquie
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And the Bible says; "God is LOVE" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) APPENDIX: Parable Of The Good Samaritan, which shows that all people are our neighbor and Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats, which shows that God counts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. LUKE 10:25-37 (RSV) The Good Samaritan 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." now thats interesting – this is the first time ive actually read this one (heard about it a lot, of course) – but this pretty clearly states that NOT all people are your neighbor – just the ones who do things for you – he pretty much said that the priest and levite were not the guys neighbors – only the samaritan – and only because he helped him out – so theres no bond here to love the priest or the levite, right? — Kirstin "People who pray on tv are not christians: Matthew 6:6" Nicklaus Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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: : God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF : : The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible : misunderstanding: : : : For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your : neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) Baloney! That’s what a couple of sentences of the Bible say, but not the whole Bible. There are over 600 laws in Leviticus, most of which have nothing to do with love of neighbor. Nor do the first four of the Ten Commandments.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – : : God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF : : The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible : misunderstanding: : : : For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your : neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) Baloney! That’s what a couple of sentences of the Bible say, but not the whole Bible. There are over 600 laws in Leviticus, most of which have nothing to do with love of neighbor. Nor do the first four of the Ten Commandments.
Which shows one of the MANY contradictions the Bible has to offer. . . GodboY Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV)
<SNIP SERMON Too bad so many of you xians can’t seem to follow this one. My be you would be more accepting of gays, atheists, people who are not exactly like you, and people of other religions. Maybe the problems is that you don’t love yourselves? Roger Andrews aa#1477
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God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding:
How could anyone in their right mind consider the bible divinely inspired? Certainly the overlap between it and general principles of human decency is quite narrow. The text of the bible is counter-intuitive to the idea of a supreme being. Matthias. "Die Liebe, die durch den Glauben gebunden, ist eine engherzige, falsche, dem Begriff der Liebe, d.h. sich selbst widersprechende Liebe, eine scheinheilige Liebe, denn sie birgt den Hass des Glaubens in sich; sie ist nur gut, so lange der Glaube nicht verletzt wird." [Love, bound by faith, is a narrow-minded, fake, the concept of love, i.e. itself contradicting love, a sanctimonious love, because it bears the hate of faith inside itself; it is only good as long as faith is not violated.] L. Feuerbach, "Das Wesen des Christenthums" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Beautiful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL Internet Daily Chapel/Bill McGinnis Ministries
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) APPENDIX: Parable Of The Good Samaritan, which shows that all people are our neighbor and Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats, which shows that God counts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. LUKE 10:25-37 (RSV) The Good Samaritan 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." now thats interesting – this is the first time ive actually read this one (heard about it a lot, of course) – but this pretty clearly states that NOT all people are your neighbor – just the ones who do things for you – he pretty much said that the priest and levite were not the guys neighbors – only the samaritan – and only because he helped him out – so theres no bond here to love the priest or the levite, right? — Kirstin "People who pray on tv are not christians: Matthew 6:6" Nicklaus Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
No, Jesus was trying to tell them that WE as Christian must be good neighbors to everyone. and He is giving us an example of what a GOOD neighbor is. You have to remember, that these men who passed by did so because they were a Priest and a Levite on their way to to preach in Jeruselem. If they had stopped to help a man who looked DEAD and could possibly be dead then they risked making themselves unclean according to the laws of the time and thereby unable to minister until they had made themselves clean again (a seven day process). Only the Samaritan risked this possability and thereby proved himself the good neighbor.Note the last sentence where he tells the disciples to go and do likewise. So to we are to take the time and effort out of our busy days to help those in need. Note the last sentence where he tells the disciples to go and do likewise. So to we are to take the time and effort out of our busy days to help those in need. Peace and mercy Jacquie
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) APPENDIX: Parable Of The Good Samaritan, which shows that all people are our neighbor and Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats, which shows that God counts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. LUKE 10:25-37 (RSV) The Good Samaritan 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
now thats interesting – this is the first time ive actually read this one (heard about it a lot, of course) – but this pretty clearly states that NOT all people are your neighbor – just the ones who do things for you – he pretty much said that the priest and levite were not the guys neighbors – only the samaritan – and only because he helped him out – so theres no bond here to love the priest or the levite, right? — Kirstin "People who pray on tv are not christians: Matthew 6:6" Nicklaus Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37, shown below). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God counts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46, in the Appendix below). And we cannot claim to love God until we first love our fellow man. If any one says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. (1 John 4:20 RSV) But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else depends on this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s requirements for mankind boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It then doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the dozens of others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) First Corinthians 13 emphasizes the primacy of love, even over faith itself. 1 Corinthians 13 (KJC – The King James Bible, Clarified) The Supreme Importance Of Love 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing. 13:4 Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; 13:6 Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 13:7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8 Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13:13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. * * * Other Scriptures also tell us that love for others is the most important thing. "Love For Others Fulfills The Law" Galatians 5:14 (RSV) For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Romans 13:8 (RSV) Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:9 (RSV) The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Romans 13:10 (RSV) Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. James 2:8 (RSV) If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. Proverbs 10:12 (RSV) Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. 1 Peter 4:8 (RSV) Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. But what about Jesus? Where does Jesus Christ fit into this picture? If love for neighbor is sufficient, then why do we need to accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour? Jesus Christ doesn’t "fit into the picture." Jesus Christ IS the picture, the perfect embodiment of Love. By our own flawed human nature, it is almost impossible to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Maybe some few people can do it, but most people cannot even come close. But when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord, His Holy Spirit enters us and dwells within us, transforming our flawed nature into a more perfect nature, more like His own. Only then are we able to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. << May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. APPENDIX: Parable Of The Good Samaritan, which shows that all people are our neighbor and Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats, which shows that God counts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. LUKE 10:25-37 (RSV) The Good Samaritan 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." MATTHEW 25:31-46 (RSV) The Sheep And The Goats 31 "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33 and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the
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God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Let us not forget obedience. Love without obedience loses its way. Love without discipline gives birth to obsession. Jesus said that the first and most important law was ‘to love God’ and that we show that we love Him by obeying His commands. .. But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself.
But loving our neighbors is not all the story. The first four of God’s Ten Commandments have nothing to do with loving others. Showing our love for God involves obedience to His commands which includes loving our neighbors but also obeying those commands that have nothing to do with loving neighbors. .. But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this.
No, loving God is first and showing that love means obeying His commands because loving others need not involve God at all. So I think when you ignore or show disrespect for God, it does not really matter how much you may love your neighbors. — Web: http://samuell.lex.bluegrass.net/ Email: http://samuell.lex.bluegrass.net/mailto/Christian ObQuote: http://samuell.lex.bluegrass.net:7777/ Copyright: (c) 1999 R L Samuell, All Rights Reserved.
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And even more bullshit. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s laws boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. << Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
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Good to know the shellfish are ok now, but maybe you should prune out talk.politics.misc in such purely religious comments. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s laws boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. << Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
George Leroy Tyrebiter, Jr.
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Our feeble attempts at external "righteousness" are like filthy rags to God. True righteousness is based on love. If you love your neighbor as yourself, you have fulfilled everything that God requires of you.
I have one question for you; what is Love? and one thing, 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness," would this mean to you that "the law" *is* useful for something? albeit, as you rightly say, the tendency to drift off into a trap of sorts, "filthy rags" is always there. sort of like, God won’t love anyone one bit *more* due to a rigorous following of "the law" *but* 2 Timothy 20-23 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. hope my question isn’t foolish and unlearned
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Our feeble attempts at external "righteousness" are like filthy rags to God. True righteousness is based on love. If you love your neighbor as yourself, you have fulfilled everything that God requires of you. "For all the law is fulfulled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (Galatians 5:14 KJV) Bill McGinnis << – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You can do this if you wont to but you will not be very righteous. Deut.6:24-25 God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s laws boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. << Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
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You can do this if you wont to but you will not be very righteous. Deut.6:24-25 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s laws boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. << Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
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God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s laws boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. << Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
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and hard to love! It goes against human nature to do this! Well, guess what: we ourselves are rotten and hard to love. Evil by nature, we cannot possibly meet God’s one and only requirement unless we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and let Him come into our hearts and transform us. Only then, with Jesus in control of us, can we truly love our neighbor as we love ourself.
I’m kind of new to this group so forgive me if i get things a little wrong as i havent read all the older posts. however you did say in your first post (of this thred) that all we have to do is love our niegbour and that is enough. i think that you have to accept Jesus as your lord and saviour as well. I see that you added that in the paragraph above. I would just like to say that when you are teaching in anyway you take on a responsability. If someone was to have read your frist post and said "oh ok then just love my niegbour and i’ll be right" and left it at that, then they may never accept Jesus, and I dont think that would be enough. Just saying that you should be more carefull and complete when you teach anything. -X
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – and hard to love! It goes against human nature to do this! Well, guess what: we ourselves are rotten and hard to love. Evil by nature, we cannot possibly meet God’s one and only requirement unless we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and let Him come into our hearts and transform us. Only then, with Jesus in control of us, can we truly love our neighbor as we love ourself. I’m kind of new to this group so forgive me if i get things a little wrong as i havent read all the older posts. however you did say in your first post (of this thred) that all we have to do is love our niegbour and that is enough. i think that you have to accept Jesus as your lord and saviour as well. I see that you added that in the paragraph above. I would just like to say that when you are teaching in anyway you take on a responsability. If someone was to have read your frist post and said "oh ok then just love my niegbour and i’ll be right" and left it at that, then they may never accept Jesus, and I dont think that would be enough. Just saying that you should be more carefull and complete when you teach anything.
you figure, he’s _probably_ addressing *only* "christians" even though, any poor bloke can read it.
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It’s a pretty good law really. Except god spelled neighbour wrong. It’s got a u in it. Yes, u. God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown
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If god is such a whiz, why the hell did he make an evil person like you ? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi John, Good to hear from you again. This is a radical doctrine, that this one commandment is the only one that is really required. Most churches teach that love for neighbor is only one of many things we need to do in order to satisfy God’s requirements. But I am teaching that this is the only real requirement, more important than all the other commandments combined. And I have the Scriptures to back me up. If you claim to believe the Bible, then you must accept this doctrine of "Radical Christian Love." Does this mean that I am "soft on sin?" No. What it means is that the only sin that really matters to God is if we fail to love our neighbor as ourselves. But how can we love our neighbor as ourselves? Some of them are rotten and hard to love! It goes against human nature to do this! Well, guess what: we ourselves are rotten and hard to love. Evil by nature, we cannot possibly meet God’s one and only requirement unless we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and let Him come into our hearts and transform us. Only then, with Jesus in control of us, can we truly love our neighbor as we love ourself. Blessings to you and yours. Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF But it’s OK to make a slave of the poor sod if you can? ## Pergula pictorum, veri nil, omnia ficta.
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The ovens were built specifically for the burning of the Bible–"The Word". But because of mans injustice to man. "The Word" became flesh. Six million souls perished, innocent men, women and children. Their cries resound from the ground, crying for water. We give them vinigar. Ethnic cleansing, Segregation. Woe to this generation of vipers. PS Yesteryear the WORD became flesh,many thousand women burned for witch craft. — Jonathan R Dooling – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi John, Good to hear from you again. This is a radical doctrine, that this one commandment is the only one that is really required. Most churches teach that love for neighbor is only one of many things we need to do in order to satisfy God’s requirements. But I am teaching that this is the only real requirement, more important than all the other commandments combined. And I have the Scriptures to back me up. If you claim to believe the Bible, then you must accept this doctrine of "Radical Christian Love." Does this mean that I am "soft on sin?" No. What it means is that the only sin that really matters to God is if we fail to love our neighbor as ourselves. But how can we love our neighbor as ourselves? Some of them are rotten and hard to love! It goes against human nature to do this! Well, guess what: we ourselves are rotten and hard to love. Evil by nature, we cannot possibly meet God’s one and only requirement unless we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and let Him come into our hearts and transform us. Only then, with Jesus in control of us, can we truly love our neighbor as we love ourself. Blessings to you and yours. Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF But it’s OK to make a slave of the poor sod if you can? ## Pergula pictorum, veri nil, omnia ficta.
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I couldn’t agree more. One doesn’t need religion or God to do this. An atheist can live a life pleasing to God just by loving people then. Loving people makes perfect sense even if there is no God and no divine judgement. Since you have said that this is God’s only law, I don’t expect God will give me much trouble for not believing in him. I follow the golden rule not because God says so, but simply because I realize that there is no guarantee in life that I will always have one up over everybody. Religion is for those who want easy answers and not at all related to love or human kindness. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s laws boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
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God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF The Bible states it very clearly, so there can be no possible misunderstanding: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14 RSV) And who is your neighbor? Everyone is your neighbor. This is shown in the Parable Of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). But what about love for God? Doesn’t that come first? Yes, but God accepts our love for others as if it were love for Himself. So when we love others, we are loving Him at the same time. This is shown in the Parable Of The Sheep And The Goats (Matthew 25:31-46). But what about The Ten Commandments? Aren’t we supposed to obey them? Yes, but The Ten Commandments are only an approximation of what God wants from us. The Pharisees obeyed all of the Ten Commandments, yet God was very displeased with them because they did not have love. The exact thing God wants from us is that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Everything else is subordinate to this. But what about holiness? Aren’t we supposed to avoid improper sex, etc. and be pure and chaste? Aren’t we supposed to deny our physical selves in order to strengthen our spiritual selves? Yes, but our feeble attempts at being holy do not even come close to God’s high standards. To Him, they are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But if we have love for others, God will overlook a multitude of our sins (1 Peter 4:8). And if we forgive others of their offenses against us, He will forgive us of our offenses against Him (Matthew 5:14-15). Love makes everything holy, since God is love (1 John 4:8, 4:16). So all of God’s laws boil down to this one command: "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." If you truly do this one thing only, it is enough. It doesn’t matter if you fall short on some of the others. But if you do not do this, all of the others together are not enough. This is the big one, more important than all the others combined. If you really fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. (James 2:8 RSV) May the Lord bless this presentation of His holy Word. Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL
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But it’s OK to make a slave of the poor sod if you can? ## Pergula pictorum, veri nil, omnia ficta.
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Hi John, Good to hear from you again. This is a radical doctrine, that this one commandment is the only one that is really required. Most churches teach that love for neighbor is only one of many things we need to do in order to satisfy God’s requirements. But I am teaching that this is the only real requirement, more important than all the other commandments combined. And I have the Scriptures to back me up. If you claim to believe the Bible, then you must accept this doctrine of "Radical Christian Love." Does this mean that I am "soft on sin?" No. What it means is that the only sin that really matters to God is if we fail to love our neighbor as ourselves. But how can we love our neighbor as ourselves? Some of them are rotten and hard to love! It goes against human nature to do this! Well, guess what: we ourselves are rotten and hard to love. Evil by nature, we cannot possibly meet God’s one and only requirement unless we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and let Him come into our hearts and transform us. Only then, with Jesus in control of us, can we truly love our neighbor as we love ourself. Blessings to you and yours. Bill McGinnis << http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html "Teaching The Joyful Christian Life" http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/chapel.html INTERNET DAILY CHAPEL – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – God’s Only Law: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF But it’s OK to make a slave of the poor sod if you can? ## Pergula pictorum, veri nil, omnia ficta.
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