The point i was making was the more we love Christ is not the same as the more we are saved.
You either are saved or not saved. There is no 1/2 saved. Even if you 1/2 love.
It is possible to be saved without love. Many get saved out of fear.
You can get married without love.
I disagree. At the end of the day salvation is
all about love; that's the target or end-goal of faith in fact; that's how faith
justifies, because love is the epitome of justice for man. And this is why the Greatest Commandments are what they are. The New Covenant is about
change-towards the true righteousness or justice man was made for, towards the very image of God, in fact. And love
acts, by its nature, which is why the criteria for judgment cited in Matt 25:31-46, for example, makes so much sense. In fact, a classic church teaching I'm familiar with quotes a 16th century believer who would sum it up it this way:
"At the evening of life we shall be judged on our love."
Love forgives, love obeys, love
works for the good of others. And love is the product of communion with God, 'Apart from Whom we can do nothing', John 15:5. And faith establishes this communion, a partnership that was shattered at the Fall. Another believer, this time a 3rd or 4th century one named Basil of Cesaera, had the following to say:
"If we turn away from evil out of fear of punishment, we are in the position of slaves. If we pursue the enticement of wages, . . . we resemble mercenaries. Finally if we obey for the sake of the good itself and out of love for him who commands . . . we are in the position of children."