Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." [Matt22:37-40]
is this possible since if you did your whole life would be based on the bible and you would do everything you could to not sin.
2006-08-02 12:02:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Personally, I know it is absolutely impossible for me not to sin. I was just reading part of 1st Corinthians today. Paul was talking about the same thing. He wrote "the good I would do, I do not...the evil I would not do, I do". I'm certainly no better than Paul!
2006-08-02 12:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by christian_lady_2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Julie,
The verse in Matthew tells us what Kingdom Life is like. It is a life where we love God with everything that we have and love others with everything that we have. Admittedly we all fall short of that at times, and we learn how gracious the Lord is and this helps us to show that grace and compassion to others.
God doesn't expect us to be perfect (because we can't. Not until we are redeemed-- but he does expect us to be perfected (or come to maturity). He expects us to grow in our Christ-likeness even though we may not do it perfectly.
He tells us that His grace is sufficient for us.
We should do our best to live our lives based on the Bible and the more we know the more we are accountable for. The important thing to know to is that God knows our hearts-- we can always beat ourselves up and say we need more faith, more love, more patience, (always true). It's knowing that are we continuing to pursue that or are we just saying well God knows i'm not perfect so what the heck? That's the difference between a heart set on God and not... hope that helps...
kindly,
Nickster
2006-08-02 19:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by Nickster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is actually a paraphrase (virtually word for word) of the Jewish Rabbi Hillel, who lived a few centuries before Christ. Hillel was so well respected his seat on the Sanhedrin was hereditary for about 400 years. He helped found the sect of the Pharasees as a liberal, reform movement (they were far removed from those roots by Christ's day). By answering in the words of their most respected, most honored founder, Christ put himself beyond criticism (He was a bit smarter than we tend to give him credit for).
What you're quoting is the "rule of love"; the same rule Christ promised to write on our hearts, to replace the Law written in stone (also prophesied about in the Old Testament).
There's a lot more....
2006-08-02 19:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by antirion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I interpret Jesus' admonition to love God, as an admonition to "seek the truth about God". This means different things for different people, because we don't all have the same purpose here on Earth. His admonition to love our neighbors, simply means to treat others with love and respect because they too are children of God.
Forget the Bible. Forget a written law. Forget relying on rabbis or pastors to tell you what to do. Dispense with agonizing over what to do. Follow your path on Earth as best you can - the Holy Spirit will guide you and there is no cosmic penalty for mistakes. And as you go along your life's path, play nice with others.
Religious leaders make things more complicated than they are, - their jobs depend on it. They enjoy being viewed as holy, - authorities on God. Whether they admit it or not they enjoy having authority over others.
If we all just seek God's truth and treat others with respect, there is no need for religion, per se.
2006-08-02 19:13:04 · answer #4 · answered by rj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not possible for us do that completely, all the time, never failing once, no. We will all make mistakes, and I'm guessing we'll all make tons of mistakes, I know I have, and still will, lol. The important thing is to keep trying, recognizing your weaknesses, praying and getting closer to God, growing spiritually with church and Bible reading, and to keep at it to get better.
2006-08-02 19:07:40 · answer #5 · answered by arcmdark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he said love your god, a Muslim man would read that, and it could refer to his god. Same with Jews. He does not say the Christians version of god. So he may not be saying what you think. When he says your neighbor, he is talking about the neighbor of the person reading.
2006-08-02 19:10:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galatians 2:16 We know that no one is made right with God by obeying the law. It is by believing in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus. That is so we can be made right with God by believing in Christ, not by obeying the law. No one can be made right with God by obeying the law. 2:21 I do not get rid of the grace of God. What if a person could become right with God by obeying the law? Then Christ died for nothing!
Nope, not possible.
2006-08-02 19:10:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its possible, but extremely hard. Even David had trouble trusting God at some moments in his life.
2006-08-02 19:08:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's theoretically possible, as Jesus did it His whole life, but realistically it's not possible for us to obey these (or any) commandments 100% -- which is not to say we shouldn't try, but we also shouldn't be surprised or especially hard on ourselves when we fail.
2006-08-02 19:17:11 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impossible, the only way not to sin is to be one with God and some will say that is Satan.
2006-08-02 19:13:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋