Let me give you an example -— I have spoken to many people who call themselves Christians who claim that Jesus’ new commandment is all about “loving” others.
How does that apply in practice, one might ask? Well, take homosexuals for example, it is unloving to condemn their lifestyle because Jesus never mentioned homosexuality even once in the gospels.
What about the law of Moses, one might ask? Well, they tell me that it has been superseded by His command to love one another.
In other words, the moral law of Moses has been replaced by one law — DO THE MOST LOVING THING.
If you love everyone ( gays included ), you have to bless their desire to express their love for people of the same sex as Jesus commanded.
THAT IS WHAT I MEAN when I said : “Many people want to accept Jesus, yet they reject a large portion of the Laws and the Prophets.”
Thanks for the clear explanation! I agree that many in the church are being deceived because they equate agape love with license. For those who say only the words/teaching of Jesus apply, they negate all the writers of the NT who were inspired by the Holy Spirit to teach and preach among other things -- what we read in the NT. Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit wrote Romans 1 where it is clear that homosexual behavior is a vile sin.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to reply.
This time and age will soon end. Maranatha!