Love God? Love Others As Yourself?
The second implies something...
You must love yourself.
How can I love myself?
If I am a lying, hypocritical, two-faced human?
According to all that the Bible and those who claim to follow these laws:
I am a glutton, a failure, ugly according to Hollywood AND the BIBLE?!
I've committed adultery, I've wanted that which is not mine.
All this can be summed up in one word.
Sinner.
If I look like this to God, how can being a Christian be worth such scrutiny?
Enter Jesus.
Lived and died so we might experience life as he did; a human-God relationship.
So that we might be saved.
The difference between a hero and a martyr is that heroes have a sense of self-preservation; they await a hero's welcome.
Martyrs believe in their life enough to die.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
The second implies something...
You must love yourself.
How can I love myself?
If I am a lying, hypocritical, two-faced human?
According to all that the Bible and those who claim to follow these laws:
I am a glutton, a failure, ugly according to Hollywood AND the BIBLE?!
I've committed adultery, I've wanted that which is not mine.
All this can be summed up in one word.
Sinner.
If I look like this to God, how can being a Christian be worth such scrutiny?
Enter Jesus.
Lived and died so we might experience life as he did; a human-God relationship.
So that we might be saved.
The difference between a hero and a martyr is that heroes have a sense of self-preservation; they await a hero's welcome.
Martyrs believe in their life enough to die.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd lays his life down for his sheep.John 10:11
For this is My blood of the New Covenant which concerning many is being poured out for remission of sins. Matthew 26:28
Remission of sin for the sinner?
Jesus loved us so much that he laid down his life, spilled his blood, for the remission of sins.
If Jesus, God, could love us? What gives me the right to challenge love from God?
What gives me the right to challenge a command like: Love your neighbor.
I love you.
So don't get offended when I try to share this with you. I'm not trying to take away your free will, nor your beloved lifestyle, nor your happiness.
I just love you.
Remission of sin for the sinner?
Jesus loved us so much that he laid down his life, spilled his blood, for the remission of sins.
If Jesus, God, could love us? What gives me the right to challenge love from God?
What gives me the right to challenge a command like: Love your neighbor.
I love you.
So don't get offended when I try to share this with you. I'm not trying to take away your free will, nor your beloved lifestyle, nor your happiness.
I just love you.
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