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***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.

Ah. The negation of the Gospels by the Reformers. Matt 22:

One should understand the complete harmony of the gospel. The lawyer was trying to justify himself. Please consider a more complete companion verse:

Luk 10:26 He said to him, What is written in the Law? How do you read it?
Luk 10:27 And answering, he said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
Luk 10:28 And He said to him, You have answered right; do this and you shall live.

Now, if the lawyer (or anyone) can tell me they have loved God with all their heart, soul and mind AND their neighbor then I will be impressed and, as our Lord stated, they shall inherit eternal life. However, if not then they have a problem. Obviously the lawyer must have felt a bit uncomfortable. Do you believe that you have been able to keep these commandments?

I think that a rereading of the Gospels might be in order.

Yes, indeed.