Church with teaching but no love

Church with teaching but no love

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.