Bible Question: Do we have to love God the most in our lives to be accepted into His Kingdom? How do we love God the most? |
Bible Answer: Dear Biblesearcher, We christians have been commanded to love God above all persons and things. This we must do with everything within us. But, if it was a requirement for salvation, no one would enter the Kingdom of God for no one can keep any commandment to perfection. We are not saved on the basis of anything that we have done or anything we will do. Our salvation is based on Christ alone and that which He has done in our place. Rom 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. Rom 3:30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one. Rom 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Gal 2:16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. If you are "in Christ", you are seen by God as righteous (for Christ is righteous) and are considered as "at peace with God" and as being His child. Grace and Peace, John Reformed |