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On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered: "'Love the L-rd your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
(Luke 10:25-28, NIV)
Notice Jesus' response here. He doesn't say "believe in Me and you'll live." (The fact is, anyone who truly does what the expert in the Law answered /would/ believe all of Jesus' words, because He never once contradicts G-d's previous words through Moses or the prophets.) "Believing in Jesus" was never the focus. The way you're considered righteous has never changed throughout the ages.
Now... there are many who teach that some of G-d's word has been nullified by Jesus - for example, that there is no longer any necessity to keep the Sabbath, because it's just a "ceremonial" law, and all we have to keep are the moral laws. There's a problem with this justification, though... namely, the fact that G-d commanded His people to keep Shabbat. When G-d commands something, it becomes a moral obligation.
Am I saying (oh dear!) that in order to be considered righteous you must keep all of G-d's commandments flawlessly for your entire life? Am I preaching "works-based salvation"? Of course not. What I am saying, though, is that if you truly love someone, you're going to go out of your way to see how you can please that person. If it offends your brother that you eat shrimp, are you going to eat it in front of him? How much more Him who you claim is Master of your Life!
The problem with "Christianity" today is that people don't love G-d. They've been told that all they need to do is "believe in Jesus" (how does one do that, anyway?) and they'll have "eternal security." There's nothing in the Bible to support this. 1 John 5:3 is good here.
I need to go, my time is up at the café. Something to ponder... more thoughts later.
"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
He answered: "'Love the L-rd your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
(Luke 10:25-28, NIV)
Notice Jesus' response here. He doesn't say "believe in Me and you'll live." (The fact is, anyone who truly does what the expert in the Law answered /would/ believe all of Jesus' words, because He never once contradicts G-d's previous words through Moses or the prophets.) "Believing in Jesus" was never the focus. The way you're considered righteous has never changed throughout the ages.
Now... there are many who teach that some of G-d's word has been nullified by Jesus - for example, that there is no longer any necessity to keep the Sabbath, because it's just a "ceremonial" law, and all we have to keep are the moral laws. There's a problem with this justification, though... namely, the fact that G-d commanded His people to keep Shabbat. When G-d commands something, it becomes a moral obligation.
Am I saying (oh dear!) that in order to be considered righteous you must keep all of G-d's commandments flawlessly for your entire life? Am I preaching "works-based salvation"? Of course not. What I am saying, though, is that if you truly love someone, you're going to go out of your way to see how you can please that person. If it offends your brother that you eat shrimp, are you going to eat it in front of him? How much more Him who you claim is Master of your Life!
The problem with "Christianity" today is that people don't love G-d. They've been told that all they need to do is "believe in Jesus" (how does one do that, anyway?) and they'll have "eternal security." There's nothing in the Bible to support this. 1 John 5:3 is good here.
I need to go, my time is up at the café. Something to ponder... more thoughts later.
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