It always amazes me these who speak as of a person has "love" and "obedience" they're a Christian. I mean, what other fruit would you expect a cult to put forward to hoodwink others? Let's apply her criteria to the JW's. They must be "in" too. Scripture is no longer the measure, it is all becoming purely subjective. Let's play this out to its logical absurdity: Those like loveme1 and many others have now said by implication the test of a believer is "love" and "obedience."
What does God's Word say is the test of the true believer?
1 John 3:3-10
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And every man that hath this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure. 4, Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5, And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6,
Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins hath not seen him, neither known him. 7,
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8,
He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9,
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10,
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.
He that loves not his brother abides in death.
1 John 4:20
If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
1 John 4:8
He that
loves not knows not God; for God is love.
John 14:23-24
23, 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. 24,
He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me
James 2:8-12
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If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: 9,
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10,
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11,
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. 12, So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Romans 13:8-10
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Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another hath fulfilled the law. 9,
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 neighbor as thyself. 10,
Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Matthew 22:36-40
36, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37, Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38, This is the first and great commandment. 39, And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40,
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (see Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18)
Who are God's people?
Revelations 12:17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelations 22:14-15
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Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15, For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whore-mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.
1 John 3:7-10
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Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8,
He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9, Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10,
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
1 John 2:2-4
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And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4,
He that saith, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that
believes
1 Corinthians 1:18-21
18, For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved
it is the power of God. 19, For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20, Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21, For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to
save them that believe.
1 Peter 1:2-9
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you, 2
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6, Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7, That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8, Whom having not seen,
ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9,
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
God's Sheep hear his voice....
