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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Bible Question: If Love is the Greatest Commandment, then why is it today that I hear so many No-believers refer to Christians as being not loving? Have they forgot this Most higest commandment? I personally am seeing too many Christians being bound by the Law and not the Spirit, they cannot look into the heart of a person and seek compassion, they are too busy trying to argue thier point instead of seeing the point of a person needing loving guidance and direction. Is not the Father in heaven a Loving God? Is this not what we need to display? |
Bible Answer: LampLight: Welcome to the Forum. Please know that you are loved and accepted here. I, for one, would not wish to see you become discouraged and drop out of forum participation. It is true that "God is love" and if I "have not love, I am nothing." Love is of great importance. And the Name of the Lord is of great importance. Can you imagine anything in the universe that is above the Name of the Lord? Hard to imagine. Yet Psalm 138:2 (Amplified) says, "for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name!" As important as love is, there is something so important that it is even magnified above the Name of the Lord. It is His Word. "Love" without Biblical truth avails us nothing. As a participant in the forum, one of the primary things I strive to do is to point out inaccuracy wherever it occurs, whether of Scripture quotations or other matters involving factual information. It is my hope that my attention to factual detail will not be misunderstood as personal criticism. Would not loving people include taking care to see that they are not misled or deceived through a misstatement of truth, whether intentional or not? In short, here on the forum, if people want credit for being factual, then they need to check their facts before posting. Failure to do so reflects a light and careless attitude toward the Word of God. Love and truth are not mutually exclusive. Grace to you, John |