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NASB | John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 13:34 "I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. |
Bible Question:
EdB... thank you for the reply! You wrote: "This is same junk John Lennon learned and picked up from his guru." The only verse in question is Romans 13:8-10. You are saying that our command to love is "junk." Perhaps what you mean to reply with is 1 John 3:18 "Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth." According to your train of thought ("love is an emotion, an attitude a motivator"), what wicked deed will a man who loves his neighbor just as Christ loves each of us be motivated to perpetrate? You wrote: "God does demand love but He also demands faith, obedience, service, action." I ask you to please provide scripture supporting this thought. Additionally, I challenge you to demonstrate an act of faith/obedience/service/action that a CHRISTIAN would perform that IS NOT motivated by love. Finally, if you feel as you do, disprove this statement from the above verses [Romans 13:8-10]: "Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law," and demonstrate the evil a loving person will perpetrate upon another whom he loves. I can find no such verse qualifying faith/obedience/service/action in the same capacity. |
Bible Answer: Your trying hard to walk me into a corner and I'm not going to play your silly game. I resent your twisting what I say. I said what John Lennon said "all you need is love" was wrong. Not the command to love. I do expect an apology! As I have already said love should be the motivator, the emotion the attitude but all of this without Jesus your arguement is but straw. This is why Jesus also said if you love me you will obey my commandments. John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. That is why the fruit of spirit contains both attitudes and actions. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. James said I will show you my faith by my works. James 2:18 But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Love alone does nothing to fulfill this verse Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Love alone does not meet this requirement. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. We must have belief. While love can motivate and love can compile love is not in itself able to accomplish our salvation. It took Jesus' death upon the cross. Love took Him to the cross, but His death paid the price. So all we need is Jesus Therefore anyone that says all we need is love is as dead wrong as John Lennon. He missed Jesus and if you keep pressing the point it would seem you missed it too. Without Jesus you have nothing. Without Jesus all the love in the world will do nothing for your eternity. If you can't see that I wonder why your on a Christian forum? |