Jennifer Bales

Marissa N Mark 8 hrs  ·  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. This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. The summary of the whole law of God: Love God and love your neighbor. For those outside of Christ, the commands condemn. If you violate one point you are guilty of all (James 2:10; Romans 3:23). For those in Christ, the obligation was met by His perfect obedience in our place (Romans 5) . Never has so much love been poured out to a people than is seen in the God of Heaven, coming down, to take the form of a servant, endure every temptation known to man, perfectly submitting to the will of the Father, to rescue and redeem us to God. What wondrous love, O my soul! Doesn't this love motivate you to obedience? Jesus said, If you love me, keep my commandm

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I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the  life  which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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Romans 9  (NASB) 9  I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,   2  that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.   3  For  I could  wish that I myself were  accursed,  separated  from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen  according to the flesh,   4  who are  Israelites, to whom belongs  the adoption as sons, and  the glory and  the covenants and  the giving of the Law and  the  temple  service and  the promises,   5  whose are  the fathers, and  from whom is  the Christ according to the flesh,  who is over all,  God  blessed  forever. Amen. 6  But  it is  not as though  the word of God has failed.  For they are not all Israel who are  descended  from Israel;   7  nor are they all children  because they are Abraham’s  descendants, but: “ through Isaac your   descendants will be named .”   8  That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are  children of God, but the  children of the promise are