Comments on: God’s Commands

By: Agustin Castro

Agustin Castro — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:00:06 +0000

Loving God first we would discover Pure Love and would find ourselves unable to wean ourselves away from it. We would discover that the love we experience from spouses, children, family and friends cannot compare to the love of God. The love of God compared to the love of human beings is like comparing the Sistine Chapel to paint-by-numbers. We would begin to let go of the belief that life and happiness can be found in this changing world and our attachments to it would begin to break down. We would become mystics, burning with divine fire, overflowing with love for all and joy unbounded and who, in their right mind, would want that?

By: Denny Salazar

Denny Salazar — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 04:42:42 +0000

When our hearts are reluctant we often have to compel ourselves to pray for our enemies, to pour out prayer for those who are against us. Would that our hearts were filled with love! How frequently we offer a prayer for our enemies, but do it because we are commanded to, not out of love for them. We ask the gift of life for them even while we are afraid that our prayer may be heard. The Judge of our souls considers our hearts rather than our words. Those who do not pray for their enemies out of love are not asking anything for their benefit. St. Gregory the Great, Be Friends of God.

By: Megan V. Meyers

Megan V. Meyers — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:22:04 +0000

By: Maureen York

Maureen York — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:01:27 +0000

The third topic is “love one another.” It’s been said that they will know we are His by our love. Sadly, the church somehow interpreted that as we’d be recognized as being followers of Christ by our doctrinal beliefs, our church attendance, our adherence to rules and traditions, our awesome worship services, our in depth knowledge of the Bible, and so forth. Then we scratch our heads and wonder why so many want nothing to do with God. We convinced ourselves we loved one another but the truth is the church has been totally relationally impaired. Everything has been agenda driven and all our interpretations of the Bible have been from an institutional perspective. We’d go through great contortions in order to force the New Testament that was written entirely from a relational reality to fit into our institutional boxes. Our relationships resembled those found within a corporation or a social club rather than a family. And that’s just it; for the most part the reality of the body of Christ being a family was simply not present. At most the church resembled some kind of horribly dysfunctional family in which certain brothers dominated their other siblings as they kept them at a distance from their Father, all the while convincing their siblings and themselves they were doing their Father a service. But that season is coming to a close as the children of God are refusing to allow any person to stand between them and their Father any longer. Many who once dominated their siblings are realizing they are actually equals and repenting of their domineering ways and finding great joy in simply being a part of the family. Believers are shedding old identities and starting to place their identities in Christ and Christ alone. Because of this, believers are finding it easier to love others, especially those who are different from themselves. Relationship with one another is rapidly becoming the priority among the saints.

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:03:36 +0000

“Simply love”.

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:01:43 +0000

Awesome word David! Wow so true its all about LOVE