ON LOVE; PART MCDXLX
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FIRST IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS: “The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:29-31).
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WHAT THEN IS LOVE? In a general sense love is benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which inclines men to think favorably of their fellow men, and to do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme love to God, and universal good will to men. While this IS from an older definition of Charity, which IS rendered in the King James Bible from the same Greek word agape which IS generally rendered as Love, we should amend our own definition here to include the idea that in the reality of Love a man will accord to ALL men ALL things that he would accord to himself and to say that Love IS our thoughts and attitude of the equality of ALL men regardless of their outward nature or appearance…that ALL ARE equally children of Our One God.
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PLUS THE EVER IMPORTANT AND HIGH IDEAL TAUGHT TO US BY THE CHRIST: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matthew 7:12).
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We ended the last essay with some thoughts on the first of Jesus’ more specific instructions regarding the focus of men and the choices that ARE set before them; the choice to follow in the ways of the world as men yet caught in the vanity into which ALL ARE born or the choice to follow the Lord. For most ALL of the world this IS NOT understood as a choice as most ARE indoctrinated to believe that one can follow the ways of the world while at the same time following the Lord but this IS at best but another illusion that IS borne in our vanity. Most Christians have convinced themselves that the Master’s intent IS NOT so singular in focus despite the cautions and warnings that ARE so evident in scripture; most have come to claim that a man CAN NOT keep His words and that DOING so IS NOT necessary for ‘salvation‘. This claim of course relies heavily upon the doctrinal understanding of ‘salvation‘ which in the end has little to DO with the scriptural reality of the idea. Most see their ‘salvation‘ in their death where they ARE or ARE NOT eligible for heaven and many understand this afterlife as a continuation of this Life but in ‘heavenly places‘. We should understand that there IS a great unknown regarding what happens when people die; NONE have Truly come back from death to explain save for those few whose dreamlike experiences can show us ONLY carnal ideas assembled from their doctrinal interpretations of the afterlife. That there ARE some that were Truly deceased and brought back from that state in scripture IS True, NONE of these however has left for us a True understanding of their experience. Much of the religious pursuits of men over the centuries has been to create for themselves a positive spin on their own demise, that it IS NOT the end, that they continue eternally according to their own doctrinal interpretations of which there ARE many variations. That there IS an eternal Life IS a most basic Truth, ALL IS eternal as the Godhead IS eternal. Given the choice of a heaven or a hell, many choose to follow their religions, their denominations and their sects, for guidance without Truly understanding that most ALL of what they KNOW of the afterlife IS based on misunderstood and misinterpreted ideas from scripture. This IS an intentionally vague area in every religion and this because NONE have Truly come back to testify; death IS essentially a one way street. We have often written about our own ideas on Life after death and while these ARE based in a more metaphysical view of Life, they ARE nonetheless founded in honest thought that IS NOT doctrinally manipulated to allow for our comfort here and now. The Apostle Paul shows us some most basic Truth saying “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” (Galatians 6:7-8). In the end this saying IS NO different than the Master’s offering of a choice between “treasures upon earth” and “treasures in heaven“; here the “treasures upon earth” ARE the result for “he that soweth to his flesh” while “treasures in heaven” ARE the result for “he that soweth to the Spirit“. Perhaps in this comparison the whole of this idea which the Master continues with can be more understandable and NOT attributed solely to riches and possessions here in this world. It IS important to understand here that these results of our sowing and reaping ARE here and now
While we have combined these two trains of thought, the afterlife as the result of whatsoever we may sow here in this world and the choice offered to us by Jesus, the ideas ARE NOT intended to reflect ONLY upon the afterlife. The greater reality IS that both of these sayings from the Master and the apostle reflect upon the here and NOW. While the story of King Gondoforus that we ended our last post with offers us a keen view of the results of “he that soweth to the Spirit“, we should be able to see that the king’s reward was experienced here through the report from his deceased brother. Perhaps the moral here IS in the St. Thomas saying ‘Knowest thou not that those who would possess heavenly things have little care for the things of this earth?‘ This presents for us the reality of a singular vision which brings us to the next sayings from the Master regarding the eye and while this seems to be a rather obscure idea, it IS a parabolic view of the same choice that we have regarding treasure which we repeat here along with the next sayings that we will discuss. Jesus tells us:
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!“.
Matthew 6:19-23
While there ARE some that equate the idea of the single eye with the idea presented by James words on the “double minded” man, this DOES NOT seem to be a popular idea. Most seem to see these words in terms of good and evil as these ideas ARE commonly understood in this world. It IS likely through these carnal interpretations of Jesus’ words that the idea of having treasures IS a good thing if we will share them liberally as we read in St. Thomas actions using King Gondoforus treasures. John Gill presents the idea saying: “giving with a good” or “an evil eye”; that is, either generously, liberally, or in a niggardly and grudging manner; which may help us to the sense of our Lord in these words; whose meaning is, that if a man is not covetous, but his mind is disposed to generosity and liberality; if this be the case, as if he should say, thy whole body shall be full of light8. While it IS good to give and to give liberally, most DO NOT; rather they live according to the ways of men including acting in almsgiving with a desire for recognition for DOING so. Regardless, the idea here should follow upon that regarding treasure where the idea IS to NOT seek after “treasures upon earth“, an idea that IS lost on the interpretation that one will give of his treasure liberally. Mr. Gill goes on to tell us regarding the evil eye that: If thou art of a sordid disposition, of an avaricious temper, if the sin of covetousness prevails over thee8. It IS this simplicity with which the church has defined the Master’s words but His intent IS NOT this but rather IS a reality check upon the psyche of a man and his choices. If one DOES choose “treasures upon earth“, this IS his choosing of the things of the self over the things of God and regardless of what one may DO with any portion of that wealth, the idea IS the same sense of desire and covetousness. We should of course understand this in terms of focus so that the treasures that befall a man without such focus on the self ARE NOT so seen and it IS such treasure that can be disposed of with generosity and liberality. We should see Jesus’ point ONLY as that choice that comes to men regarding the focus of their lives and while it IS a difficult undertaking to forsake one’s treasures from any source, the result IS the reality that “thy whole body shall be full of light“; our striving for treasures NO longer encumbers our thoughts and emotions. If then the single eye IS that which has chosen the things of God over the things of the self, the evil eye must be the opposite. It IS here that we should equate the Master’s words on treasure, that in seeking after “treasures upon earth” one’s eye IS NOT single, it IS NOT singularly focused upon the things of God, but IS focused upon the things of the self or some combination that IS covered by James’ words saying “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 1:8). This then IS the evil eye: the eye that IS focused upon the self and the things of the self and that which may sway from pole to pole although any focus on the things of God IS striving toward the True goal. Jesus’ final words here ARE “how great is that darkness!” and it IS upon this that we should reflect as the plight of everyman yet caught in the vanity that IS Life in this world.
Speaking from a strictly spiritual perspective, the Master offers us two choices in the above narrative. These ARE however but one choice when rightly viewed; His two sayings here, the one on treasure and the other on the eye, ARE complimentary to each other. We should try to see that to choose “treasures in heaven” over “treasures upon earth” focuses our hearts on the things of God according to Jesus’ words saying “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” and that this focus becomes the Light that colors the psyche of a man through Jesus words on the eye. It IS this Light that keeps us from the darkness that IS a Life focused on the self and the things of the self and while this IS a concept that IS ill understood in most of the Christian world, it IS nonetheless the subject of much of the Master’s words. We should note that Jesus blames this condition of darkness on the teachers of the Jews and we should try to see that by extension this condition also afflicts the Christian through his teachers of doctrines over Truth. The Master tells His disciples about these teachers that “they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch” but the more important point here IS that this follows upon His words regarding the doctrinal state of the Jew’s religion where their doctrinal approach overlaid and substituted for the Truth. The fullness of His words which we often cite in our posts IS as much an indictment of the Christian world, and most every religion to be sure, as it was of the Jews’ religion in Isaiah’s time and in Jesus time in this Earth 2000 years ago. While the Jews DID NOT see the Truth of His words then, men today have removed themselves even further from that Truth as every denomination and every sect of Christianity believes and teaches that they have the Truth. Jesus says:
“Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch“.
Matthew 15:7-14
It IS in the great darkness that “the blind lead the blind” and most ALL men continually choose the carnal over the spiritual without ever seeing the Truths that they have overlaid and substituted for with their doctrinal approaches to the Lord. This IS the point of our choices: that we choose the Light and thereby Truly represent the Master’s words from the beginning of His Sermon saying “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel,[b] but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16). Throughout the church however millions of men whose doctrinal adherence leads them believe that they ARE this “light of the world” ofttimes casting a dark shadow over the Truth. We should try to see here that many that masquerade as True Christians offer division over Unity and their own religious ego over the Truth. It IS to such that the Lord says by example that “They have their reward“; such rewards may make men feel good and accepted in the church but DOES ever so little to advance the Truth and the agape Love that the Master teaches us. The Master clearly offers us choices by which we can live either the carnal Life of men in this world or the spiritual Life of the disciple and the aspirant to discipleship and much of the result of this choice IS found in the simple words saying “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also“. This leaves it to men, individually and corporately, to discern the state of their own lives and, to be sure, this discernment IS for most a carnal affair where judgement IS based in the nurturing and indoctrination that one receives. Again, while the idea of treasure IS largely misunderstood, the reality of it IS firmly bound to one’s focus, to the way that a man conducts his Life, and while many doctrinally religious see the glimmer of Truth behind their beliefs, they DO NOT KNOW how to act upon what the may glimpse. Why? Because most ALL men are indoctrinated into the carnal Life with little input from those outside of their chosen beliefs and because so many of the alternatives ARE also steeped in doctrinal ideas developed by men. It IS studying such things that sheds Light upon the True choices that follow everyman where the line of least resistance IS generally the path that IS chosen and this path IS for the most part men’s desire to live as men in this world. The Master gives us the choice of “treasures upon earth” or “treasures in heaven” but seemingly invariably men choose to focus upon “treasures upon earth” as they seek to maintain and perhaps better their standing among men which IS of course the subject of Jesus’ lessons on almsgiving, prayer and fasting as we have discussed in some detail. This IS the product of that vanity to which ALL ARE subjected as Paul tells us saying “the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same” (Romans 8:20), a subjection which IS the reality of the Plan of God for their Redemption both individually and corporately. It IS against this that we should see the Master’s words on the eye, on the single eye focused upon the things of God versus the evil eye that IS focused upon the things of the self and upon men’s “treasures upon earth“.
We should try to understand that it IS the double effect of our subjection to this vanity along with our nurturing and indoctrination ever more deeply into it that has obnubilated our own self vision as we come to see ourselves as ONLY human. Add to this the ideas of the churches that refuse to see any divinity in humanity blinding us ALL to the reality that we can become “partakers of the divine nature” as Peter shows us as he confirms the words of the Master regarding those that have chosen their source of treasure wisely. It IS to such men that Jesus speaks in such sayings as “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5-6). That these words ARE also misapplied by the church IS unfortunate as many use these word to advance their ideas regarding the need to be a Christian and the uselessness of striving to keep His words over the doctrinal pronouncements that have taken their place. It IS however in keeping His words that the whole idea of “Abide in me, and I in you” becomes a Truth as the Master shows us in our trifecta saying “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings” (John 14:23, 24). This indelible link between keeping His words and having the True Presence of the Lord in one’s Life however has be so obscured by the doctrines of men that few see this link. We should ever understand that while this may be and indelible link, it IS one of those ideas for which men must ask, seek and knock at the door of as Jesus tells us saying “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7). It IS unfortunate that for most ALL of the church their own doctrinal ideas and beliefs bar the door and in their reliance upon their doctrines they fail to ask for and seek after the greater Truths that our link to divinity can provide. Returning to our discussion of the Master’s words from His Sermon on the Mount we come to a Truly important note and a caution against our failures to understand our place in this world of vanity. Jesus tells us “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24). This IS a singularly important part of the Master’s Sermon and one that IS ill understood despite the confirming words of the Apostle James who so clearly tells us “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 1:8). Again this IS a matter of focus and through it we should understand the importance of the single eye which idea precedes these words from the Master. While the Master’s words here ARE so clear and James’ amplification and clarification IS so pointed, the message has NOT stuck in the heart of Christianity.
John Gill, in his Exposition of the Bible offers us a look at the doctrinal view of Jesus words regarding whom a man serves in that choice between God and mammon. He begins by saying: No man can serve two masters: Whose orders are directly contrary to one another: otherwise, if they were the same, or agreed, both might be served; but this is rarely the case, and seldom done8. The error here IS that such ‘masters‘ ARE diametrically opposed, the ideas of each ARE eternally opposed. If a man may believe that he can sometimes ‘please‘ one and at other times ‘please‘ the other, he falls into James words saying that “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways“. The human motivation IS ever to please oneself and this attitude reflects our focus upon mammon which must be understood in much broader terms than wealth and riches and men’s trust in such. The idea of mammon should be understood in the same way as treasure IS used in the prior verses, here as the opposing force to God in a choice that IS between two things; we can serve the one or the other and NOT both. This IS NOT a parabolic idea despite the obscurity of the word mammon which IS an untranslated word, chosen because there IS NO adequate translation for the idea of mamonas for which mammon IS become our English transliteration. The whole of this saying IS straightforward and shows us the discipline of the man who would Truly seek the Lord. Despite the strength of the Master’s caution, most ALL men in the churches today and for the last 2000 years have practiced the duplicity against which Jesus’ speaks. Jesus words could NOT be clearer nor more direct as He says that one “cannot serve God and mammon“. In the end, from a spiritual perspective, we must have that single eye that the Master speaks about before this dire warning that one “cannot serve God and mammon“; a choice must be made. While this saying tends to explain the previous ideas on the single eye versus the evil eye, the message has been muddied by the doctrines of men who DO NOT understand the force of the word evil from the Greek poneros. Here we should try to understand that this message IS perhaps intentionally muddied by men who have ever sought to be able to live as men in this world and this IS True of men both in and out of the church. Men DO NOT want to be divorced from their chosen affiliation with the world and this despite the words of the apostles that show us that there IS NO real affiliation between God and the world. Again, James makes this clear saying “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:4). Doctrines however have found comfort for their adherents by defraying the idea of evil and counting it ONLY as those things that men can easily detest while allowing for equal ‘evils’ according to the commandments or, better, their interpretations by men. James shows us the relationship of ALL ‘sin’ as he tells us that “whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law“. This IS ALL the more important when we consider that the subject here IS agape and the expression of it to ALL men with NO “respect to persons” (James 2:10-11, 9), that this too IS a sin equal to ALL others. It IS through such words as these coupled with the words of the Master that we should be able to see that sin and evil ARE NOT as painted by the churches; sin and evil ARE NOT what has been defined by men as such. Men continue to allow for adultery and divorce while condemning equally sinful acts on the part of others and here again we should see the role of that vanity into which we ARE ALL born.
Jesus tells us that we must choose between serving God and mammon, between having a single eye or an evil eye but it IS ONLY when we can see mammon as ALL things carnal and the evil eye in the same way that we can properly understand the meaning of His words. Jesus words may seem parabolic but they ARE ONLY so because of the way that men have chosen to define the ideas. The choice here IS focus as it IS in His previous words on treasure; DO we focus on the things of God or the things of the world while remembering that “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways“. It IS against such ideas that the doctrines of men have established such ideas as that a man CAN NOT save himself as they have adopted the words of the Apostle Paul, their interpretations of their selected sayings, to make this point. Jesus however offers us the Way in the simplicity of saying “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able” (Luke 13:24). And Paul offers us his own words on this dichotomy between the world and the Lord and the choice that faces men; Paul tells us: “the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally[b] minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal[c] mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God” (Romans 8:4-8). These words however have been misunderstood from the perspective of just what it IS to be “after the flesh” as men have ever failed to measure the motivation and the direction of their own lives. Most ALL have failed to see that the True objective of our lives here in this world IS that we should strive to be “perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48), an admonition that IS deemed impossible by most men as they fail to see the importance of our striving. Our point here IS that there IS a clear map to being able to escape “the corruption that is in the world through lust“; Jesus offers this to us in terms of choice, that everyman can choose the direction of his Life. This however IS become a moot point in the church at large as the doctrinal teachings seemingly promote the carnal way while relegating the spiritual to a matter of faith which IS naught but a nebulous token when there IS NO action on the part of the man in this world. The choices presented ARE synonymous when they ARE viewed spiritually; we choose the source of our treasure, our pleasure if you will; we choose that we will favor God over mammon and that we will DO so with a single eye as we strive toward that “strait gate” through which we can enter His kingdom and become “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4) as Peter so clearly shows us. While the Master shows us the Way to “the glorious liberty of the children of God” (Romans 8:21) through our own choices, Paul shows us what he calls “a more excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31), the Way of agape.
The apostle goes on to discuss agape which IS rendered as charity by some and as Love by others; for us we see ONLY the reality of agape as our offering to ALL men which NO “respect to persons“. While Paul’s words to the Corinthians on agape ARE largely seen ONLY from a carnal perspective, the force of his words IS found in his comparisons of the effect of our expression of agape with our ability to live in accord with the commandments. The apostle tells us “For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself” (Romans 13:9) thereby equalizing our expression of agape with our obedience to the law and changing our choices into a choice of agape over our carnal interests and motivations. In choosing agape we rather automatically choose “treasures in heaven” over our striving for “treasures upon earth” which IS choosing God over mammon through the single eye focused upon the spiritual goal of everyman.
The Master’s next words ARE perplexing to most as they ARE interpreted into ideas of worry and anxiousness. The reality of Jesus words however IS but the closing statement to this section of His Sermon as He summarizes the idea of our choices and our ability to see with the single eye. He begins His words with “therefore” so that the connection to His previous words IS easily seen but unfortunately the church has NOT recognized this continuation regarding the overall admonition from the Master. There ARE several things to note in His words saying:
“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold* the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof“.
Matthew 6:25-34
We should note first that Jesus spends many words on this point and through that we should be able to glimpse the importance that He has placed on them. Secondly we should take note again that these words ARE intended to be a continuation of His previous words connected for us by the Greek words dia touto. While this combination IS rendered in the King James as therefore, it IS rendered in other places as “for this cause” and we should try to see these as synonymous ideas. It IS for the cause of choosing “treasures in heaven” over our striving for “treasures upon earth“, for for the cause of our focus on God over mammon and for for the cause of the singlemindedness to DO these things that Jesus concludes that we should “Take no thought for your life“. While one who IS focused upon the things of God or striving to be so will see this idea as it IS presented, that we should “Take no thought“; those NOT so focused have diffused His words with the idea that Jesus can’t mean that we should NOT think about our carnal lives. Ponder on this idea with which we will begin the next post. In closing this essay we repeat our trifecta of Jesus words that DO show us the same ideas that ARE this part of His Sermon on the Mount:
- “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31-32).
- “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21).
- “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me” (John 14:21-24).
We will continue with our thoughts in the next post.
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Those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
Voltaire, Writer and Philosopher
