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originally posted by: ItCameFromOuterSpace
a reply to: arpgme
But demons would like the darkness!
So the only way to punish them is to love them!
originally posted by: jacqulinej
i have found out the only DOGMATIC DOCTRINE one can get out of the english bible is only one and that is HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF, AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AND THIS IS LOVING THE CREATOR. even the Messiah said He came NOT to condemn.
Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriest
This is why the works done apart from the Holy Spirit are burnt away as wood, hay, and stubble. Believers in Christ are baptized and identified in the righteous works of Christ. These works are purified by fire. Non-believers only have human works, therefore they too will burn as wood, hay, and stubble.
Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriestFaith in Christ is a bride's love for her husband.
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriest
a reply to: arpgme
If you reject Jesus as savior, then the love you have is vanity.
1 John 4:8
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."
"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 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. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." - Romans 13:8-10
"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." - Galatians 5:14
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." - Matthew 7:12
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." - Galatians 6:7-8
"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit." - Matthew 7:16-17
originally posted by: BELIEVERpriest
a reply to: arpgme
The "love" of man is an emotional chemical reaction. The love of God is faith.
There is no love of man. You actually think the flesh can love? Then you are really confused. Only The Spirit loves.
1 Corinthians 6:19
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." - 1 John 4:7-8