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I was perplexed on how to deal with my younger brother until today on this subject...sometimes I can be quite slow...
See, my brother's wife is a professed athiest...and he always says that he believes she believes with the same faith that he does...et cetera...I am unsure what faith he places his trust in right now anyway...and I am sure most Christians have heard this spew before...
And I was thinking and praying...and then God showed me...whats the first and greatest commandment???
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, strength and soul...
Now it is obvious, his wife persistantly lives in disobedience to this commandment...as all non-Christians do as well...
For, it is impossible to love the Lord your God without Jesus Christ...He is the only mediator there is, not you or anybody else...so it is impossible to truly love without Jesus...and his love being active in us and in and through our lives is what matters...and this love not being active is the greatest sin...
I hope this helps--though its simple and obvious--as I was having a hard time seeing how to explain that not believing, and not loving God are both sins--which they are, they could even be described as the greatest sins...
the Lord's love
tony
See, my brother's wife is a professed athiest...and he always says that he believes she believes with the same faith that he does...et cetera...I am unsure what faith he places his trust in right now anyway...and I am sure most Christians have heard this spew before...
And I was thinking and praying...and then God showed me...whats the first and greatest commandment???
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, strength and soul...
Now it is obvious, his wife persistantly lives in disobedience to this commandment...as all non-Christians do as well...
For, it is impossible to love the Lord your God without Jesus Christ...He is the only mediator there is, not you or anybody else...so it is impossible to truly love without Jesus...and his love being active in us and in and through our lives is what matters...and this love not being active is the greatest sin...
I hope this helps--though its simple and obvious--as I was having a hard time seeing how to explain that not believing, and not loving God are both sins--which they are, they could even be described as the greatest sins...
the Lord's love
tony