Well, I cannot give you an actual number and I hope that was not quite what you were looking for anyway. My answer is quite a lot as it seems you have noticed. To really drive the point home, God will repeat himself because, admit it, we suck at listening. None of us can make it through a single day without sinning. Even a casual glance at the opposite sex can become a sin. Notice I said can become. Jesus said that to even look upon the opposite sex with lust, longing, desire, etc, then you have already committed the act of adultery in your heart. If you will notice, because God KNEW we would stumble on this one, in the book of Genesis when talking about the animals and such, he says "each according to their own kind" 10 TIMES! TEN TIMES IN ONE CHAPTER!!! Why? Well, look at all the debates on evolution vs creation. See? So the Lord knew also that we would, as a whole, have lots of trouble with Justice, Mercy, Compassion, and Faith so it is listed a lot and deemed to be important because of such. You see it all around you don't you? Well, if so, then not too many of us can be following that good advice, then can we?? Even you and I are not perfect in these aspects. We could both use a little more practice. Hence, the repeated words. Jesus said, "we (Christians) will only be known by the love we have for each other." Well, at this point the Christians need to step it up a little...including and probably starting with myself! Hope it helped.
Michael
2007-02-21 18:36:11
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