***As God illustrated to Gideon, numbers means nothing. If you think that numbers make “right” then you may wish to become a Muslim.***
If numbers mean nothing, then perhaps the Reformers are doing well.
***And what is the basis of that judgment? ***
Jesus Christ sitting upon the Throne.
***Nonsense. God doesn’t want us to love Him.***
Ah. The negation of the Gospels by the Reformers.
Matt 22:
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“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
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He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
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This is the greatest and the first commandment.
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The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
I think that a rereading of the Gospels might be in order.
One should understand the complete harmony of the gospel. The lawyer was trying to justify himself. Please consider a more complete companion verse:
I think that a rereading of the Gospels might be in order.
Yes, indeed.
Praise and worship to Him IS loving Him.