I've been reading the letters by readers who profess to be Christians. The subject is whether Peter was the first Pope or even a pope at all. I ask myself, is this really that important to argue about?
If Peter were here to listen to the bickering, he would probably sweep it under the rug and tell you all to go home until you can come back and play nice.
It is bad enough that atheists say that Christians are superstitious fools. But to listen to supposed mature devout followers argue about scripture just fuels the fire for nonbelievers to criticize and prove their point to not believe.
1 Corinthians 10:31 says ".....in whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." Is bickering, fighting, and backbiting glorifying God?
Romans 1:22 "Professing themselves to be wise, they become fools."
There is enough division among Catholics and Protestants, let alone all the denominations. If Christians can't figure out the meaning of God's greatest commandments, Mark 12:30-31 "...to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love each other like you should love yourself", then they have a lot to learn about being a Christian.
Finally, in saying this, we should all keep quiet, keep reading and studying our bible, and pray for understanding and wisdom. Just remember, believers and nonbelievers alike read these letters and hear you loud and clear.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
God's greatest commandment
Which commandment is the greatest one? Do you think it is thou shalt not kill? Howabout thou shalt not steal? There are some commandments that many people don't even think of and some that people don't even know what they mean.
So which commandment is it? Moses brought back 10 commandments from the mountain and all of them are important. Thou shalt not covet is probably the least known or observed commandment, so it can't be the most important. What about honoring our parents, or not worshiping any other god but God himself?
Would you believe that the greatest commandment of all is not even one of the 10 commandments? How can this be, you ask?
Jesus himself gave us the commandment. He told us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love each other. This is the greatest commandment. All other commandments hinge on these.
We honor God by loving him and doing his will. By loving each other, we are also honoring him.
There is nothing better that we can do than to love God. When we love him, we reverence him and do all we can to please him. We don't worship idols or any other gods, we don't lie, murder, steal. We don't commit adultery nor will we covet. Not one of the ten commandments would be broken if we truly love God.
So which commandment is it? Moses brought back 10 commandments from the mountain and all of them are important. Thou shalt not covet is probably the least known or observed commandment, so it can't be the most important. What about honoring our parents, or not worshiping any other god but God himself?
Would you believe that the greatest commandment of all is not even one of the 10 commandments? How can this be, you ask?
Jesus himself gave us the commandment. He told us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love each other. This is the greatest commandment. All other commandments hinge on these.
We honor God by loving him and doing his will. By loving each other, we are also honoring him.
There is nothing better that we can do than to love God. When we love him, we reverence him and do all we can to please him. We don't worship idols or any other gods, we don't lie, murder, steal. We don't commit adultery nor will we covet. Not one of the ten commandments would be broken if we truly love God.
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