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NASB | Hebrews 11:40 because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:40 because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us. |
Subject: Superior Hope |
Bible Note: EdB, (Continued from previous post. Please read both of the previous posts to get full context of this one ...) According to even these few pieces of scripture, it is clearly evident that loving your neighbor as yourself does the following: It completes, measures up to, carries out, and satisfies the Law, causes you to walk in the light, takes away any cause for stumbling, and you do well by keeping the law in this way. Additionally, it should be noted [1 Tim 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.] To summarize: Love is where the law comes from. Love is the master the law serves. Love is the contingency upon which it has its existence. Love summarizes the law. Love is the commandment given to the Apostles. Love completes the law, measures up to the law, carries out the law, and satisfies the law. Love causes you to walk in the light. Love takes away any cause for stumbling in you. You do well by keeping the law by means of love. The goal of their instruction was love. Some people gloss over the word love. For whatever reason, they see it and miss it at the same time. Love is not a byproduct of being righteous and keeping the law. The law is a byproduct of man's inherent desire to hate. Love is primary, not secondary. So keeping the law is done by loving your neighbor as yourself. If you do this thing, you will not stumble. Transgressing the law, by contextual definition, would be to fail to love your neighbor as yourself. Going to church, except it be for the purpose of brotherly love, which it sometimes can in fact be, is not a commandment by the standard of the New Testament. If my absence causes someone to be hurt, then I am wrong and should be attending, but I am hurting no one, I can worship God right here in the comfort of my home. Now, back to my original post ... I disagree with you. I don't want to discuss this. Thank you. Ancient |