How Much Love is Enough?

How much love is enough? As much love as it takes to influence ones will in consistent obedience in accordance to God’s Word.

 

You are really paranoid about this HP.
Everyone, and I mean everyone on this board (except the cults, the Charismatics, and you) are Calvinists. Quick go hide! A Calvinist might come and get you.

 

I figured I would throw my two cents out.

The Law requirement of Love is not an amount, but a perfect love. We fail. And thus break the Law. God's Love is perfect Love and it fulfilled the Law requirement in His life on earth.

Therefore by faith in Christ alone Christ's perfect requirements of the entire Law were fulfilled making us righteous by His work.

We are no longer obligated to keep the Law (to be saved). It isn't even about Christ filling in the gaps IMO. It is by our life being completely covered by perfect righteousness imputed by Faith.

Now this is vital- We are now free from the Law and under grace.. changed internally making us Free from the Law.. True Liberty and Freedom! to do what? nothing other than serve and Love God and keep His commands with no obligations or requirements but with a pure and true heart of worship.

 

>The Law requirement of Love is not an amount, but a perfect love. We fail. And thus break the Law.

This is a psychological crutch. I know that I continually fail but I can feel better if I also know that everyone else also fails. This gives me hope that God grades on a curve . . . or I can convince myself that I am perfect "in Christ," another bail out.

 

Torah demands repentance, not perfection.

 

Oh, no, no, no! You don't get to take it back or change it in any way! You made my day with that and I'm keeping it. Might have to change my sig to reflect it. :laugh: I've been called lots of things on this board before but Calvinist was never one of them! :laugh:

However. You seem to be struggling under a heavy load there of impossibility and I don't mean about me being Calvinist. Why wold you thing that a merciful God would expect us imperfect humans to be able to love like He can?

 

HP: The truth is: I never once called you a Calvinist. Sorry to shed the truth on the 'martyr crown' or 'Calvinistic crown' or whatever it is that you seem bent on placing upon your own head of your own making.

HP: How’s that??

HP: God is not a taskmaster. He requires nothing out of us we cannot fulfill with the help He proffers if we are willing to yield ourselves to His commands.

 

HP: If you want to be right, you need to start with being truthful.:wavey:

Where have I ever stated or implied that " it does not have to be a perfect love???"

 

Aaron, I hate to be the one that tells you, but you are simply wrong. I implied no such thing.

 

I need to change nothing. It is you that needs to retract the untrue statement you made.:thumbsup: