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All I am saying is this: If one does not love God first and foremost, how can that person love his neighbor? It's not possible.
Romans 13:9But the only thing I can do for God, is to love those He loves. There really isn't much else I could do to demonstrate my love for God.
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
See... "Love God and Love thy Neighbor" is fulfilling the ten commandments. If you break one of those commandments, like killing your neighbor, or stealing from them, you are not fulfilling your duty to love them.
If it were not for the grace of God, no man should be saved.Does keeping the law save you?
He seems to mention those just by way of example, i.e., the same Law that says don't commit adultery also says don't murder. He seems to be emphasizing the point that one cannot pick and choose which parts of the Law to obey and which parts to ignore. This suggests to me that obeying the 10 while ignoring the other 613 doesn't cut the mustard, hence his statement, "whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it."Look at James again. He mentions portions of the 10 not 613 that was part of what God did not Give.
If you will continue to fail to recognize a distinction between the One Great Commandment (which is articulated by the Ten Commandments) and the Mosaic ritual law, you will continue to fail to answer for all the times Christ said we needed to do the will of the Father, keep his commands, etc.He seems to mention those just by way of example, i.e., the same Law that says don't commit adultery also says don't murder. He seems to be emphasizing the point that one cannot pick and choose which parts of the Law to obey and which parts to ignore. This suggests to me that obeying the 10 while ignoring the other 613 doesn't cut the mustard, hence his statement, "whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it."
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If it were not for the grace of God, no man should be saved.
Luke 10
27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Does loving your neighbor lead you to do these things to them? What kind of Love is that?What does that mean?
That I can love God and my neighbor but I can steal, covet and sneak through the window and sleep with His wife?
James makes no such distinction. Such a distinction may make it easier on the commandment-keeping crowd, but is not necessarily valid.If you will continue to fail to recognize a distinction between the One Great Commandment (which is articulated by the Ten Commandments) and the Mosaic ritual law, you will continue to fail to answer for all the times Christ said we needed to do the will of the Father, keep his commands, etc.
I suppose that all depends on how one defines "love".What does that mean?
That I can love God and my neighbor but I can steal, covet and sneak through the window and sleep with His wife?
Doesn't Jesus and Paul also mention loving thy enemies?Does loving your neighbor lead you to do these things to them? What kind of Love is that?
If it were not for the grace of God, no man should be saved.
Luke 10
27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Both James and Paul do.James makes no such distinction. Such a distinction may make it easier on the commandment-keeping crowd, but is not necessarily valid.Galatians 3:10 states that "All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."" (Gal 3:10)
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I did not say one could be saved by works without the cross. Think about it.if you read the account of the rich ruler in elsewhere, he said he did them all, but you will see it did not give eternal life. If one could be saved by works, then the cross was not needed. Gal 2;21. Think about it.
I suppose that all depends on how one defines "love".
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Of course, those who champion the law of liberty tend to get zinged for not clinging to "the 10" commandments, and are suspected of living wild n' crazy-like. Interesting, that.Both James and Paul do.
James 1
25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
That falls in perfectly with "Love your neighbor as yourself".Galatians 6
2Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Being rich in wealth but poor in spirit doesn't help much eitherif you read the account of the rich ruler in elsewhere, he said he did them all, but you will see it did not give eternal life. If one could be saved by works, then the cross was not needed. Gal 2;21. Think about it............
Did He not say Himself, If you love me keep my commandments.
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