We have a very
large, large church in the town I live, the minister gives very interesting and
not fall asleep sermons. He uses very
little Scriptures, some principles from the Scriptures, but not much about the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have been told
by a number of different individuals, that when someone who is down and needs
help, they will get very little help. If this is a right or wrong perception, who
really knows, but this church has this perception from individuals.
To show love for
Jesus, our Lord and the Father, we know we are to obey his commands. We know one of His commands is to serve
others. This is an outward sign to the
work and the membership of the body, just like baptism.
There is another
smaller church, but how they put their love for others, every year around
spring time, they will build a complete home on their property and then move
the home to a vacant lot for a needy family. This church opens up their church building for
others. Now, to be honest, their
doctrine is not completely in line with the Scriptures, meaning, they do not
really follow a lot of the commands that Jesus gave, but they do show love to
others.
The bottom line,
is how many churches really show their love for God by obeying His commandments,
when many churches says the commandments are done away with. Jesus gave us the commandments and His commands.
The way I see it
at this time, it is the actions of a church on loving God and we know the only
way we can show God we love him, is by obeying His commands. Then we are to love others as we love ourselves,
by giving ourselves to others.
Blessings
Steve
Mar 12:29-30 NKJV Jesus answered him, "The
first of all the commandments is: 'HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE. (30) AND YOU SHALL LOVE
THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND,
AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' This is the first commandment.
Mar 12:31 NKJV And the second, like it, is this: 'YOU SHALL
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' There is no other commandment greater than
these."
Gal 5:13 NKJV For you, brethren, have been called to
liberty; only do not use liberty as an
opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Exo 20:1-2 NKJV And God spoke all these words, saying: (2) "I am
the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage.
Joh_14:15 "If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
Joh_14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father
will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
Joh_14:24 He who does not love
Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the
Father's who sent Me.
Joh_15:10 If you keep My
commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's
commandments and abide in His love.
