"But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. "
- I don't get it, I have Lutheran* background and for Lutheran Christians, what matters is faith. They teach justification by faith, not justification by love. In other words, the message is "Faith is the greatest virtue in the eyes of God, it decides your eternity". It doesn't add up with what Paul wrote.
- If love is the greatest in the eyes of God, even greater than faith, then why Christianity as a religion is defined by statements of faith, not by statements of love?
- Why peoples confessions of faith are used to determine are they Christians or not, if love matters more in the eyes of God?
- Is it possible to define organized religion in terms of love? Is putting love above faith compatible with concept of organized religion?
* I'm using Lutheranism as an example, because I have experience with it. It could be any other denomination which believes in justification by faith.
- I don't get it, I have Lutheran* background and for Lutheran Christians, what matters is faith. They teach justification by faith, not justification by love. In other words, the message is "Faith is the greatest virtue in the eyes of God, it decides your eternity". It doesn't add up with what Paul wrote.
- If love is the greatest in the eyes of God, even greater than faith, then why Christianity as a religion is defined by statements of faith, not by statements of love?
- Why peoples confessions of faith are used to determine are they Christians or not, if love matters more in the eyes of God?
- Is it possible to define organized religion in terms of love? Is putting love above faith compatible with concept of organized religion?
* I'm using Lutheranism as an example, because I have experience with it. It could be any other denomination which believes in justification by faith.
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