But this commandment cannot be kept consistently, we can only strive to walk in awareness of His presence and strive to love Him, but we all fall woefully short. Jesus knows this, though, and one of the reasons, perhaps the primary reason, He gave this as the greatest commandment was the futility of keeping it consistently... remember, He was speaking to a Pharisee. He was trying to make a point about the futility of salvation by keeping the Law.
Yet it is true that one cannot be loving God and sinning at the same time. I was trying to make the point that we all fall short of holiness and are in need of constant forgiveness.
Same here.
Some more, others less... again, we all fall short. I believe, in the end, it
is all about faith in His salvation, not how obedient we are. We
should be obedient always, but no one is always obedient. Is there some invisible line, a level of obedience, below which one is not saved? There may be, but we cannot know where it is, so judging another's salvation based upon looking at how obedient they are is a dubious enterprise.
I think some people are doing really well on this command, but others not so much. I will say that we can demonstrate our love for God by being prosperous at something we excel at, the question is what does one do with the wealth they accumulate?
Yes, BUT... we all fall short.
