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1 | Born under the law of Moses | Bible general Archive 4 | alex39 | 218019 | ||
John, Loving God means little outside of obedience. It speaks of even less. Obedience is the outward expression demanded of the inward love desired. Deut. 6:5-6. Alex |
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2 | Born under the law of Moses | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 218023 | ||
Hi Alex, I agree, you are absolutely correct in saying that, but, to say that loving God is not our first and foremost commandment and somewhere in the middle or that; "it is not even first on the list of what the Father expects from His redeemed people" (sic) goes against what Scripture teaches. According to the Scriptures, it cant be either or, or somewhere in the middle. Loving God IS the greatest, first, and foremost commandment. Matthew 22:36-38; "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.' This is the great and foremost commandment." Mark 12:28-31; "One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' The second is this, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' There is no other commandment greater than these." And again, Luke 10:25-28; "And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?" 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." And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE." John |
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3 | Born under the law of Moses | Bible general Archive 4 | alex39 | 218026 | ||
John, Did you even read Deut. 10:12-13? All I did was state what is already there, in the order that God chose. "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 and to LOVE Him, to SERVE the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to KEEP the commandments of the Lord and His statutes..." (Caps my emphasis.) He could have arranged the words, FEAR, WALK, LOVE, SERVE, KEEP, in any order but He chose this order - and I don't believe He does anything to just be doing it - the order He chose has to mean something... Alex |
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4 | Born under the law of Moses | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 218028 | ||
Yes, Alex, thank you, I did read it. All that is well enough, concerning the Old Covenant. The word love is indeed found in the middle of a list, and indeed all Scripture is inspired by God, but we must not be pedantic about the order of His commandments because of that, God Himself -in the New Covenant- defines and places the order of things concerning His commandments. The order He put them in on that particular list I'm sure means something, but not that loving God is somehow in the middle just because it appears that way on that list. The Scripture is repeated three times in the New Testament that, Loving God is the first and foremost commandment, that has to mean more, much more then being found once on that particular list in the Old Testament. John |
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