The first two commandments Christ highlighted as most important are to love the Lord God with all of our hearts, minds, and each other. So without fail, Jesus did those two every moment of His life, in each moment of our lives have we ever fallen short by breaking these two great commandments? Does anyone here think they have lived up to either of those their entire lives that God's grace would not be required for them?
Satan knows these two commandments and justifies the breaking of them every chance he gets, and so do we.
@kellyjay saidWhy does anyone have to "live up to" the supposed deeds of, and standards set by, a character depicted in a religious hagiography?
Does anyone here think they have lived up to either of those their entire lives that God's grace would not be required for them?
Satan knows these two commandments and justifies the breaking of them every chance he gets, and so do we.
A relatively radical Jewish teacher - who got executed by the Romans for sedition -was portrayed, decades later, when some people sat down to create a new religion that would breakaway from Judaism, as having supernatural powers and and these writers declared him to be "without sin". So what? How does his "sinlessness" affect the moral logic of his version/update of the Hebrew commandments?
@kellyjay saidIn a Kingdom where evil is not permitted, those who find themselves dying in their sins will not enter. Those who hear Jesus say to them, "I never knew you depart from me." will not enter. We can speak and justify ourselves with some acts, and also condemn ourselves for the things we do and say as well others. On our own we are not good enough, we need the Lord Jesus Christ, God our Savior.
The first two commandments Christ highlighted as most important are to love the Lord God with all of our hearts, minds, and each other. So without fail, Jesus did those two every moment of His life, in each moment of our lives have we ever fallen short by breaking these two great commandments? Does anyone here think they have lived up to either of those their entire lives th ...[text shortened]... knows these two commandments and justifies the breaking of them every chance he gets, and so do we.
Isaiah 11
English Standard Version
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
@kellyjay said
The first two commandments Christ highlighted as most important are to love the Lord God with all of our hearts, minds, and each other. So without fail, Jesus did those two every moment of His life, in each moment of our lives have we ever fallen short by breaking these two great commandments? Does anyone here think they have lived up to either of those their entire lives th ...[text shortened]... knows these two commandments and justifies the breaking of them every chance he gets, and so do we.
How can one man save a multitude of men by dying on a cross?
