Matthew 22:34-37 ESV (Mark 12:28–34; Luke 10:25–28 )
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"
And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. [Deuteronomy 6:5, Schema Israel]
This is the great and first commandment.
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [Leviticus 19:18] On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."
Matthew 7:12 ESV (Luke 13:24 )
"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” [The Golden Rule]
Deuteronomy 10:12 ESV
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Micah 6:8 ESV
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Now THE WORKS OF THE FLESH are evident:
sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, (19)
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, (20)
envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.
I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things
will not inherit the kingdom of God. (21)
But THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (22)
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (23)
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh
with its passions and desires. (24) (Gal 5:19-24 ESV)
JE Questions:
WHICH OF THESE DO YOU HATE? WHICH OF THESE DO YOU LOVE?
See also Deuteronomy 5 & 6
These are GOD’s “laws” of relationships
This is one of my meditations and themes for the last several years. It is like a unfathomable, universe-wide subject. This is a good starting discussion of this subject. It is packed with meaning.
Humans are made in GOD’s Image and HIS likeness.
That Image in humans is this: our individual spirit & attributes.
The reason is so that we can relate to HIM. Our excuse that GOD isn’t human and a figment of our imagination is totally destroyed by Jesus. Freedom is in this discussion.
GOD created humans to be able to relate to HIM. Jesus came to be our individual, sinless Lamb of sacrifice. He will come again as the Messiah that the Jews are expecting but it will be to return believers (all those who have chosen to believe forever) to the Eden relationship with GOD. {The Biblical book of Leviticus is what perfect obedience would look like.
I finally understand its meaning and use.}
What GOD and a human creates are reflections of themselves. They are alike enough for the ...
(updated 5/24/2023 je)
While it is humanly impossible for humans to be totally good, we always can do much better than we have been doing if we individually want to do so! There is no concept that humans can totally achieve in this life. This applies individually, in groups or collectively.
The pathologies of today’s culture are apparent. However, they are called benefits & loudly proclaimed. They must be clearly seen as dangerous & wrong to our once-free country!
They are deliberately destroying Christianity, our country, our families, our individual personhood & our individual freedoms. Does this seem to be too extreme a statement?
Our media are calling evil “good” & good “evil”. Should that be totally right & silently allowed? Free speech & opinions must not live there? Freedom of speech is not absolute. This severe problem should be curtailed & limited within the proper bounds & situations!
Is it possible or allowed to seek those limits that do not destroy freedom of speech itself?
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I do not support ANY, ANY political personality cults!!!! Left, Right, middle, it doesn’t matter! If you take the political part out, it is still so! Is this clear enough? I don’t support cultish “groupyism”!
My expectation is that any American who wishes to serve America in a political office would speak and act in support of our cherished American principles that are reflected in the best writings of our founders and all sensible people since then!
I am disgusted by the pragmatic politics and the excessive partisanship that the media love, especially for Democrats, it seems. I am disgusted with the pro-to-total leftism in our media. They do not represent thinking, peaceful citizens’ views! Individual humans are all over the belief spectrum with the issues. That is why discussion is necessary!
The people that I enjoy watching and reading at least attempt to tell the truth as they see it and are willing to listen to varying opinions and discuss them! From libertarian to center ...
