How to Love

Submitted by joshuah on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 16:32
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How to Love

For those who desire to 'trump' the Words of Christ with the Gospel according to Paul:

I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the Apostolos (messenger) more important than the One who sends the message. (John 13:16 NLT with Greek Aposto-los revealed.)

If Jesus says in Matthew 22:38 the law and the prophets hang on two great commandments, why does Paul OMIT the most important one saying in Galatians 5:14 the law is fulfilled in the second one only? (Note, James 2:8 calls “love thy neighbor” the “royal law” without saying it’s the ONLY one.)

AND ALSO:

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 09:14.

you didnt add my comments on love, Josh?? why

you gave this chance to add a comment and so added a few notes and you didnt publish them?what was the problem??
were they too strong???? too truthfull??
too contrary your theory???
too inconvenient to you???
too unpleasant to your flesh??
too irrefutable??
thats too bad....
you can follow Christ or the devil
you make this choice
choose Christ, Josh
you will not regret this
dont choose to continue to live a life that denies God
you will definitely regret it

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 10:37.

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You need to understand that te Jews were under the curse under the Old Testament times. But Jesus broke the curse over them. Thanks to Jesus' sacrifice we are in a totally new era. We received a new and better Covenant with God. We became His sons. The curse was broken Gal 3:13. We became God's friends. Under the Old Testament God did not have any children, He did not have a close relationship with people. He had a few chosen people to whom He spoke. But hen Jesus came everything has changed. The law was changed. The relationship between God and people has changed. The relationship between husbad and wife has changed. The wife was no longer to be ruled by the husband. They are now both sons of God, both are one, there is no male no female in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:28.
The foundation of our life is no longer the Old Testament Law but what Jesus did for us- sacrificing His own life for us to redeem us and save us and reconcile us to God and what Jesus teaches is now our foundation to be implemented in our life. We are to live as He wants us to live. Jesus opened a new way. That is why the Law has changed. We live no more under the OT law but under the New Covenant of love which is written in the New testament. This is the base for our lifestyles and the way we should think and comform to and be molded unto.

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Submitted by joshuah on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 00:20.

RE: The curse is lifted?

Karrie, you have said elsewhere, and somewhat repeated here:

In the Old Testament people, both Adam and Eve were under the curse. Eve's curse was that she was to be ruled by her husband.
But in Gal 3:13 we read: "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:"
The woman's curse was broken. It is over. The husband no longer rules over the wife. They are both equal, there is no male no female because we both are one in Christ.

I have to ask why it is that only a portion of the woman's curse has been lifted. You say that "The wife was no longer to be ruled by the husband", but that was only a part of the curse. What about the part of the curse about the woman's desire, and of the pain in childbirth? Why are then still with woman? At least they were last time I was in the hospital. And also, what makes you think that man and woman were ever NOT equal before the eyes of God?

NAS Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall abring forth children; Yet your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you." (Gen 3:16 NAS)

Also, what about the curse on Adam? How was that that lifted? Which part? Any? Does that mean that man no longer has to toil, or that he no longer sweats? Is the ground no longer cursed? Do thorns and thistles no longer grow? Again, what makes you think that man and woman were ever NOT equal before the eyes of God?

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; {bring...: Heb. cause to bud}
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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