LoveGodsWord said:
↑ According to the scriptures love is not separate from God's 10 commandments it is expressed in obedience to them. A detailed scripture response is provided
here;
here;
hear; and
here if your interested.
Your response here.
So not telling a lie is really a fervent love towards the brethren?
Your question is already answered in the linked posts you are quoting from. According to the scriptures, Jesus says truly, truly I say unto you that whosoever commits sin is a servant of sin and if the son shall make you free you shall be free indeed *see John 8:31-36 and again Truly truly I say unto you that unless a man is born again he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven *John 3:3-7. God knows that without his power and grace in our lives we do not have the love of God in us *see John 5:42 which is why we need to be born of the Spirit in order to enter into God's new covenant promise to be given a new heart to love and obey God from the heart *see Romans 8:1-4; Romans 3:31; 1 John 3:6-9.
It is true we can be like the Scribes and the Pharisees and appear righteous to men but on the inside be like dead mans bones. Matthew 5:20 is interesting because on the outside the Scribes and Pharisees as Jesus taught appeared righteous to men. Outwardly blameless in regards to following God's 10 commandments but inwardly they were like dead man bones *Matthew 23:27 full of sin (breaking God's Law) *
Matthew 23:27-28. Jesus says; For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven *
Matthew 5:20. The scripture in
Isaiah 42:21 was posted to show that Jesus came to teach the true meaning of God's Law and that is it is to be applied to the inside out not for appearance to appear righteous to men but being inwardly full of sin and dead mans bones. God reads the heart and knows we are all sick with sin *
Matthew 15:19-20;
Matthew 12:34-35;
Jeremiah 13:23;
Jeremiah 17:9-10;
Matthew 15:19-20;
John 5:42 and in need of a Saviour from SIN. Many do not know the meaning here
Matthew 9:12-13.
This is leading to the new covenant promise of a new heart to love *
Hebrews 8:10-12;
John 5:42;
1 John 5:17-19;
1 John 4:16;
1 John 5:3;
1 John 4:8. As posted earlier, we do not have the love of God in us *
John 5:42 because we are full of sin and dead mans bones. We need to be born of again by God to love *
1 John 4:7 and partake of the new covenant promise. This is why Jesus teaches in *
John 3:3-7 that unless we are made clean from the inside out and born again to love we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. This is what Jesus is talking about in
Matthew 5:20 when discussing the Scribes and the Pharisees teaching the application of God's law from the inside out.
Whosoever is born of god to love in the new covenant *
Hebrews 8:10-12 does not knowingly practice sin *
1 John 3:9;
Romans 13:8-10;
James 2:8-12;
Romans 3:31;
Matthew 22:36-40. This is the good news of the gospels in the new covenant we have a saviour to save us from sin (not in sin) but we have to be made new to walk in God's Spirit *
Galatians 5:16;
Romans 8:1-4.
1 John 3:3-10 is talking about all those who are born again to love and it is love that fulfills God's law in all those who believe and follow God's word in the new covenant *
Hebrews 8:10-12;
Romans 13:8-10. this results in a people that keep God's law (10 commandments) from the inside out. *
Revelation 14:12;
Revelation 22:14;
1 John 2:3-4;
1 John 3:3-10;
Romans 13:8-10;
romans 3:31;
Hebrews 8:10-12. Unless we are born again to love we cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven *
John 3:3-7.
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Love therefore is
expressed in obedience to God's law
not by breaking God's law as shown in the scriptures (see
here;
here;
hear; and
here) which is why we need to be
born of God to walk in His Spirit and enter God's new covenant promise to love him with all of our heart and soul and love our neighbor as ourselves.
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So what the conclusion of the matter?
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: FEAR GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: FOR THIS IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN.
God’s law (10 commandments) is not abolished they are fulfilled and established in the life of a believer as they believe God’s Word and abide in Christ and walk in God’s Spirit *Galatians 5:16; Romans 3:31; Romans 8:4. It is our faith in God's Word that allows us to walk in God's Spirit *Galatians 5:16. If we walk in the flesh we will die *Romans 8:13.
Hope this is helpful.