“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in all worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh." Colossians 2:17-23
"But the Lord is faithful, Who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil." 2 Thessalonians 3:3 So many of the ordinances that man has come up with are in an attempt to keep us from evil. But the more rules that we come up with, the more evil thrives! Look at how divorce has increased, abortion, pornography, child abuse, spousal abuse, drug use, and all of the other evils that are going on in the world! There is only one thing that will keep use from evil, and that is Jesus, and He only gave us two rules: love God and love one another. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord they 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.” Matthew 22:37-39
The great thing about these two commandments, is that it is God within us keeping them for us. God has shed His love abroad in our hearts. “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5 God has given us the mind of Christ. “For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16 God has given us the Holy Spirit to teach us and to empower us in all things, including the power to love. And Jesus has given us the love that the Father had for Him. “And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” John 17:26 God is love, and we are born again from His Seed, so are we born from love and we are now one with love. “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:8 Jesus gave us only two commandments, and then He completely and totally empowered us to keep them! The evils are a symptom of the real problem in the world, and that problem is our relationship with God through Jesus. When people look towards works before they look towards Jesus, evil symptoms flourish! No matter how we try to legislate against them, or make people work to get rid of them, if Jesus isn’t first, failure is the only result!
"But the Lord is faithful, Who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil." 2 Thessalonians 3:3 So many of the ordinances that man has come up with are in an attempt to keep us from evil. But the more rules that we come up with, the more evil thrives! Look at how divorce has increased, abortion, pornography, child abuse, spousal abuse, drug use, and all of the other evils that are going on in the world! There is only one thing that will keep use from evil, and that is Jesus, and He only gave us two rules: love God and love one another. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord they 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.” Matthew 22:37-39
The great thing about these two commandments, is that it is God within us keeping them for us. God has shed His love abroad in our hearts. “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5 God has given us the mind of Christ. “For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16 God has given us the Holy Spirit to teach us and to empower us in all things, including the power to love. And Jesus has given us the love that the Father had for Him. “And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” John 17:26 God is love, and we are born again from His Seed, so are we born from love and we are now one with love. “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:8 Jesus gave us only two commandments, and then He completely and totally empowered us to keep them! The evils are a symptom of the real problem in the world, and that problem is our relationship with God through Jesus. When people look towards works before they look towards Jesus, evil symptoms flourish! No matter how we try to legislate against them, or make people work to get rid of them, if Jesus isn’t first, failure is the only result!
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