Please, please show us what law John was referring.1 John 3:4
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
Please show us what commandments John was referring.1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
Very true. What about the commandment of loving God and our fellow man. Where is that found? What about the Commandment that a man cannot cut his sideburns? You are trying to make it seem like the writer is referring to the ten commandments when that is not possible from the text.Romans 7:7
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
WOW! you used that verse to try to prove that the writer was referring to the ten commandments? That verse meant the 613 laws of the covenant the Israelites were under. Are you sure that that is really what you want to impress us with?Luke 16:17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
Yes, yes and yes. Love is the great theme of the New Covenant. Jesus said He kept the laws of the Mosaic covenant and asks us to keep His NEW commandment to love others as He loves us. Jn15 Coveting would not be loving others as Jesus loves us now would it.Romans 13:9
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Obviously you are mistaken.Obviously referring back to the 10 commandments.
Some of my favorite verses is from Jn 15: 9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
When we live up to Jesus' command we know we are living the life He has inspired us to live.
19 Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. 20 Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.
21 Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. 22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
23 And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us. 24 Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.
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