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1 | Did Jesus say: Serve two masters? | Matt 6:24 | Giam | 46423 | ||
Based on what Matthew 5:43-48 says: that we shd love our friends and love our enemies, and love the good and love the evil, and love the just and love the unjust, and shd NOT love our friends BUT HATE our enemies and shd NOT love the good BUT HATE the bad, amd shd NOT love the just BUT HATE the unjust, shd not matthew 6:24 also say something like: No man who loves his friends AND HATES his enemies can serve two masters: for either HE WILL HATE THE ONE, and LOVE THE OTHER; or else HE WILL HOLD IN LOVE TO THE ONE, and DESPISE THE OTHER. Ye in Love of any one word but in Hate for the opposite word cannot serve God and Mammon? And then wdn't that make sense with Luke 16:9 where it says: Make friends of the Mammon of unrighteousness, since we are to lvoe both God and Mammon as in 6:24? And then wdn't Matthew 22:21 also make perfect sense with 6:24 when it says: Then saith He unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; the other master and render unto God the things that are God's. The One Master? Please answer me to help me or show me where i am wrong or show me how I am right[smile] or just challenge or just confrim. Love and Respect, Giam |
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2 | Did Jesus say: Serve two masters? | Matt 6:24 | Morant61 | 46436 | ||
Greetings Giam! Allow me to touch upon each passage that you mentioned! 1) Mt. 5:43-48: You actually misquoted this passage. We are told to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. But, we are never told to love evil or injustice. This passage simply deals with our attitude toward others. We should pray for the best for all men, friend or foe. 2) Mt. 6:24: I'm not sure what you mean by 'should it say', but we do know what it does say. No one can serve two masters. 3) Mt. 22:21: The term 'master' is not used in this verse. I'm not sure exactly where you are going with this, but it appears that you are trying to argue that Mt. 6:24 says the opposite of what it actually says. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | Giam | 46447 | ||
Hi Tim! Thanks for your reply. I was hoping no one wd mis-mean what I meant when i wrote lvoe the good and the evil! I was trying to not take too much time and space! I meant Love the good poeple and the evil people! Matthew 5 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour AND hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. So Tim, do u not mean: 1) Mt. 5:43-48: We are told to love our enemies and SO LOVE OUR PERSECUTORS WHO ARE OUR ENEMIES, AND SO pray IN LOVE for those who persecute us. But, we are never told to love THE evil or THE injustice OF THE SIN OF HATING OUR ENEMIES? This passage simply deals with our attitude OF LOVE toward ALL others. We should LOVE ALL MEN, FRIEND AND FOE, AND SO pray IN LOVE for the best for all men, friend or foe? 2) Mt. 6:24: I'm not sure what you mean by 'should it say', but we do know what it does say LITERALLY. No one can serve two masters. 3) Mt. 22:21: The term 'master' is not used in this verse LITERALLY. BUT WAS NOT CAESAR THE CIVIL KING, AND GOD THE SPIRITUAL KING? What about a wife who serves two masters, her God and her husband? Surely a woman is supposed to lvoe her husband as she loves God and love God, and so obey him, her husband, in all things? ephesians 5:22-24 Or an employee who works for his/her physical boss/master and for God her/his spiritual master/boss? 1 timothy 6:1-2 and Titus 2:9-10 and Ephes 6:5-8. And does nor render come from rendre the french for to serve? See what i mean? I'm not sure exactly where you are going with this, but it appears that you are trying to argue that Mt. 6:24 says the opposite of what it actually says LITERALLY. So Tim, wd u please tell me which master I am supposed to hate or despise? And so if u cannot tell me who to hate or despise, which i don't think u will because u already correctly said we are to love friend and foe alike, is not Jesus omitting literally, but saying IN SPIRIT of Love, from No man can serve two masters the words No man in love of one master while hating the other master can properly serve ONE MUCH LESS two masters, just like He omitted the words IN LOVE from The truth shall set u free from John 8:32, but included them in Ephesians 4:15 and 16, to see if we were remembering what he was saying in matthew 5:43-48 and wd say in matthew 22:36-40, that we are to love one friendly master AND love the other master who was a foe, to use your terms? Does not the letter kill the other meanings, but the spirit make alive all the other meanings in the words in the whole Bible? 2 corinthians 3:6 See waht i mean? What do u still think? smile Looking fwd to your reply. L and R, giam |
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4 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | Morant61 | 46455 | ||
Greetings Giam! Thanks for the clarification about Mt. 5:43-48. I believe we are in agreement on this passage. :-) I still think I disagree with you on Mt. 6:24 though. To 'serve' means to allow someone control over your life. Thus, Mt. 6:24 is simply saying that one cannot have two 'masters' in control. We can either serve money or God, but not both. We can either serve God or Satan, but not both. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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5 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | Giam | 46479 | ||
Hi Tim! Great, we have some agreement! smile And i know u disagree with me without being disagreeable as to the Love and Resepct we are to have for both those we agree with and with those with whom we disagre! Right? smile So Steve, can't u both Love and in Love serve Satan resistance, James 4:7 while at the same time serving Love and obedience to God by in Love obeying God who commands us to love Satan as your enemy, and so serve resistance in Love for Satan? Doesn't Satan flee from Love since he is not in Love like God is? James 4:7. When we hate him, are we not locking him in when we think we are locking him out because he is into hate? 2 Timothy 2:25-26. Since Satan is God's enemy/opposite, won't Satan be trying to get us to disobey God by hating Satan rather than loving Satan as God commands, so that we wd be resisting him with hate and so be sinning anyway due to the Satan-obeying-God-disobeying hateful rather than the God-obeying Satan-disobeying loving attitude? In other words, is it not by Loving who God says to love that we can serve God as our only Master no matter how many other masters we have or not? So for example, am I not serving God and the other master who compels me to go one mile, when I obey God as my Master by loving that other master, and also when I obey that other master by not only going one mile in Love but two in Love? Matthew 5 41 And whosoever IN HATE shall compel thee to go a mile, go IN LOVE with him twain. and so obey God by loving the other Compelling master and so in Love obey that Compelling-Master by going the one and the two miles? Is not Hate in any obedience for whom I obey make my obedience be evil spoken of? Is not doing right in a DESPISING ATTITUDE mean that i am right in the wrong attitide of sin of hate for whom I do right? Luke 18 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and DESPISED others: Is not hate in obedience to anyone master or more not mean that I am obeying Satan rather than God who commands me to lvoe all masters? Is not Love that we are to serve first, as per God, to all masters and servants no matter what else we serve, resistance to Satan or obedience to the Compeller? Does not Love for all masters and for all servants make us all Master-servants and Serving-masters like Christ was? Matthew 20:26-27 What do u think? Looking fwd to more agreement! smile l and r, giam |
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6 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | meusing | 46485 | ||
God is Good, Satan is Evil. Please show us where God commands us to love Evil. God IS Love, not 'in' Love. if we love God we will hate evil. |
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7 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | Giam | 46501 | ||
Hi Meusing! God commands us to love evil people, matthew 5:43-48, and to hate the evil of the sin of hating the evil people who God loves! 1 john 3:4 See? God is Love and so in Love when he does ecverything except when He hates sin which is when he is in hate! He speaks the truth in love! Ephesians 4:15. and He walks in love! ephes 5:2 Now, Being full of Love and being in lvoe are different ways of saying the same thing! So when God is full of Love, he is also in Love! And when we are full of Love, we are also in Love! So when we are full of Love, God lives in us, and when we are in Love, we are living in God! Here it is: 1 John 4 16 And we have known and believed the Love that God hath to us. God is Love; and he that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in God, and God in him ...WHEN he is full of Love. see? because God is Love, it is In Him or in Love that we live and move and have our being! Acts 17:28 See also john 17 for more examples of being in Love and or full of Love: John 17 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect IN one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the Love wherewith thou hast loved me may be IN them, and I IN them. Hope that helps. Your comments are eagerly awaited! l and r, giam |
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8 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | meusing | 46512 | ||
I think that you are confusing the emotion of Love with the attribute of Love which is chosing the best for the other no matter how I feel. That is how we can love others who hate us. Our focus is on God, not an emotion. Agape love is an act of the will. |
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9 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | Giam | 46541 | ||
Hi Meusing! Thanks for your input! Love is the first emotion that loves all the other eomotions, that is why Love is also an attitude! So we are to be happy in Love and sad in Love, and angry in Love and pleasant in Love, etc.. See? Galatians 5:22-23, ephesians 4:26, 1 corin 13:1-13, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Love is God's attitude of mind: in which Love he thinks, in which love he speaks, in which love he writes/wrote the whole Bible and in whcih love he acts all his will! Philippians 2:5, John 15:9, Matthew 22:36-40. So r we to follow His example! I cor 14:1. Hope tha thelps. l and r, giam |
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10 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | meusing | 46543 | ||
giam, you seem to be confusing eros love with agape love. Love does not define God, God defines what love is. the focus is to be on God, not love. to give an illustration, A judge here in Canada decided to show love to a convicted murderer and released him. His ex-wife died as a result and he is still loose. The judge acted on love not justice. All eros is not agape. We look to God not to eros |
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11 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | Giam | 46653 | ||
Hi Meusing, Thank u for your input. Agape Love includes Eros Love: so all Eros is agape, but not all Agape is Eros! Just like all new yorkers are american, but not all americans are new yorkers, see? And u r right: God defines what Love is! And so guess waht? Because God IS everything, and He commands Himself to agape-love everything He is, Matthew 22:36-40, guess what Love is? Everything! Just like God is! Now u know why and how God IS Love and so the Word Love is God! Just like U are Meusing and Meusing IS you! smile Love is the Word, the Dabar, that God obeys! So God defines Love, and so wahtever God is, Love is! So since God is everything and God is Love, Love is everything! Just like in math: i am sure u r good in Math: if a is b and b is c, a is c! So one guess as to what Word was in the begiining with God? The Word Love, of course! That is why and how: John 1 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God. Yes, Jesus Christ is also The Word, John 1:12, and that is also why and how He is also God and is also Love! Whoa! So JC is everything too just like God and love are! see? Sorry about that exwife who died as a result of the misjudgment of that unjust judge in Canada! That judge is unjust because he only loved the just but hated the unjust, only loved the victimiser but hated the victim, and only loved relasing people but hated locking people up. So that judge was NOT acting on Agape Love nor on the Justice of Agape Love: he was acting on the unjust attitude of Hatred, which is why his action was a miscarriage of justice! Any judge without equal Agape Love for both the victimiser and the possible intended victim is an unjust judge. And justice without equal Agape Love for the victim and the victimiser is a miscarriage of justice. To judge righteous judgment, John 7:24, we have to agape-love the just and the unjust, the victim and the victimiser, and the locking up and the setting free of people. Then in that equal and inpartial Agape-Love, in that Justice of Love, which is why Lady Justice is painted blind, that judge in Canada wd have loved the potential murderer in jail and wd still have kept him locked up in Love! In the equal Agape-Love, he wd have known WHEN, the proper TIMING of when to release and when to keep locked up! Eccles. 3:1-8. Time and timing is an automatic function of Pure and Applied Agape-Love, just as Time is a function in Pure and Applied Math! See? Math being just another aspect of Agape-Love, and having nothing to do directly with Eros-Love! See? And in loving himself as unjust, he wd have been able to bear/stand looking unjust even when he was just! Love bears all things! 1 Corinthians 13:7-8. And he wd have realised that with Agape-Love we don't need to have justice SEEM to have been done: we just need to have it DONE in Agape-Love! Yes! Ok? See what I am saying? Hang in there, Meusing! looking fwd to hearing from u! Loving and Respecting u with Agape-Love and Agape- Respect, Giam |
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12 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | meusing | 46715 | ||
So you believe that God is everything. God is not His creation. Love is only part of what God is. so let us look at God, not love | ||||||
13 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | Giam | 46775 | ||
Meusing! Your logic is perfectly logical! But your premise, your premise! smile Which makes u say: God is NOT His creation! Wow! How can u make an open statement like that? smile Only one way: U must be hating some parts of God's creation! Uh oh! Now 'fess up... to yourself! smile Ok? Now: Something made out of glass is waht? Glass, right? So something, anything, everything made out of God is what and who? God! Right? smile God made et out of him and made himself into everything! God made et out of nothing, so guess who God also is? Nothing, which is why He came as Manna: which means: What is it? Whatsitsname? So no wonder God made et out of Nothing! Nothing is one of his names! Gd makes something out of nothing! Is that nor awesome? Is that not awEfull? So did God make u, meusing? yes, right? And did God made u out of him? Yes, right? So guess who u ALSO r? God! John 10 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a Man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; See? The name Man is just another name for God! That is true of all other names! see? Now I am sure u wd believe God, right? Go ahead! That is why God says to me: Giam, if u hate Meusing, u hate Me! Giam: But God, how can U say that? Meusing is NOT u! U are U and Meusing is Meusing! AH, Giam, u don;t understand! When u hate Meusing, all u r saying is that if I were Meusing, u wd hate Me! Well gues what? Meusing IS who I wd be if I were meusing! So Giam, if u say u love Me and hate Meusing, u are lying when u say u love Me! U have to lvoe meusing as me in order to love Me as meusing! And guess what, giam? U are who I wd be if I were U! So u'd bettter start with loving u as me in order to lvoe Me as u, and love u as meusing in order to lvoe meusing as u! Remember Giam: Inasmuch as ... u know that scripture, Giam? Yes? well finish it in practice and start with your thinking! Matthew 25:35-45. So Meusing, what part of the creation that God made out of Himself do u hate? Any part u hate means u hate God as that part, under that name, for that part also came out of God! U can't love the Producer and hate the product without also hating the Producer! 1 john 4:20. Jesus is the Rock, The Way, the Worm, The Tree of life, Life, The lamb, the lion, the serpent, the eagle, the bull, the fish, the Morning Star, the dove, the raven, the fire, the smoke, the darkness, the Light, hate, love, the Sun, shd i do on? manna, first and last, author and finisher, got the idea? smile The Word! Everything, Nothing! ad infinitum! God just called et by other names other than the name God to see if we wd love him as all the other names he is, which is every name and everything! That is why he gave us his Law of Love, the FIRST law for us to obey, to clue us in! God has all the names! His name is Meusing too! do u see? So: So God is a part of et Love is, and so Love is a part of et God is! Now fianlly: r u obeying God's first law and loving him by loving u? I am! smile I am loving u as Him in order to love Him as u! Now what's stopping u? Only Hate for u as any word! Who's stopping u? Only u! Love u, Meusing! Giam |
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14 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | callmethewolfe | 72861 | ||
so meusing, as I try to cut through your convoluted logic, all I can come up with is that a) you believe God is not above His creation b) you believe you are God, just as eevry rock tree or fish is, c)you have a pantheistic view of God, if I have misunderstood your slippery wording forgive me, but let me tell you this, God created everything out of nothing, not out of Himself, by your logic God would be nothing, but think about it, nothing cannot create any7thing, and nothing by definition is not something, and God is much more than something, and to say that you are God is blasphemous, I pray that you will quit the verbal mind games and come to see God for who He really is wolfe |
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15 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | meusing | 72864 | ||
I believe you are mistaking me with Giam. 1. I beleive that God IS above and separate from His creation. I do NOT believe that everyting is God. I stated God is not His creation. Love is only part of what God is. so let us look at God, not love. |
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16 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | callmethewolfe | 72902 | ||
you are right, sorry about that, am I totally an idiot, or was all that stuff just nonsense he was saying? |
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17 | Does not All hang on Love? mt 22:36-40 | Matt 6:24 | meusing | 72926 | ||
It seemed like it was nonsense to me, after all, I am not this note I am writing. God is Love, yes, but He is also Just and Holy. |
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