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Very much a reread.

The entire message of Jesus was love and mercy and charity; totally unlike the message of the OT.

The OT was fear and trepidation and worship from afar.

I never said that I could keep these commandments; it is the God of Love and Mercy that I depend on to forgive my sins.

455 posted on 05/03/2008 6:48:19 PM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)

I never said that I could keep these commandments; it is the God of Love and Mercy that I depend on to forgive my sins.

I never said that any of us could keep these commandments. And that is exactly my point; man cannot love God unless God gives us that power to love Him.

1Jn 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.

The message of Jesus was not love and mercy and charity. The message of Jesus was about glorifying God. The way you glorify God is through love and mercy and charity. And these are gifts from God which He gives to us to help us glorify Him.