timothyu
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What does it mean to love God with all of one's being, exactly?
Think of it as the Bible says, fearing God. Fearing did not mean being afraid,. It meant respect. If you respect God, you are in allegiance to Him, putting His will first, especially before your own/mankinds. The things you described were those people putting God's will of loving neighbour as self into practice.
What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself?
I would hope you know it means if you don't like someone doing someone to you, why would you do it to someone else? You want your wife cheating on you? Why cheat with someone else's wife. You like your stuff stolen. Why steal from others? If you were hungry, sick, desperate for a lift up why not lift up others in the same position? If you don't like war or immigrants fleeing to save their lives, how about helping others avoid the need for conflict or leaving in the first place instead of using them for self gain.
So on so forth. Ask the newbies what it is about the world of man they hate. Chances are if they are decent folk their answer won't be that they find it hard to put their greed to work, but rather the evils of the world bother them Would not loving neighbour as self as the platform for humanity solve all those evils? It is meant to be put into private practice. We are not of this world. A simple way of showing them the difference/effects of man's will vs God's. You might want to throw in who taught us that and get them curious, not about religion, but about Jesus.
This study of God is anchored thoroughly to Scripture
Yes man's will vs God's will starts at the beginning of the book and ends at the end. The Garden was about man putting his will before God's. The Flood, the 40 years in the desert, and so on, about man reverting to putting their will before God's. Jesus comes and sets the example. Man's will goes against God and they kill Him for a few days. Jesus says don't build a religion but establish a way of life. Man puts his will first and creates a religion and as a kicker re-aligns with the government of man to become a worldly power instead of staying true to the will of God and remaining separate in nature. It goes on until today and will until the Messiahs return. Man's will vs God's. Flesh vs spirit. Where is the repentance? Where is the division between the two wills instead of the political division between man as God and His Kingdom sits in the background?
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