What effort is there to love those who love you? If I already believe it, I don't need it. Like I said, those who died in roman arenas probably couldn't quote a single verse, but they believed, and they proved their belief by dying for it. What proof do we have to show? A Bible?
***What effort is there to love those who love you?***
Not sure what you mean. We have a woman who comes to church every week, never misses. She is mentally deficient to the point of being anti-social. She cannot buy groceries, so my wife and I buy them every week for her. She cannot clean her apartment, so another lady comes and cleans for her. She cannot drife, so one of the deacons picks her up for church. She sits in the pew and never moves (unless she is about to interupt the worship with one thing or another) and all she does every day is sit and read her Bible and watch televangelists. Literally! She is disruptive, she smells, she shouts everything she says, people are afraid of her, and yet she is not only tolerated, but loved by the congregation. She doesn’t love us at all, but she does love God.
***Like I said, those who died in roman arenas probably couldn’t quote a single verse, but they believed, and they proved their belief by dying for it.***
You keep asking for proof, what proof do you have that THIS is true? How do you know they couldn’t quote a single verse? What proof do you have that they couldn’t? HHMMM?