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Old 21-01-2021, 09:19 PM
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Because the ego exists and our first concern is for ourself ?

Sounds about right......... for ourselves and/or for our tribe.


But why don't people try to correct that?

Can't they see the obvious?
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Old 21-01-2021, 09:25 PM
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Sounds about right......... for ourselves and/or for our tribe.


But why don't people try to correct that?

Can't they see the obvious?


You made the same mistake as I did, it's a question not a fact
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Old 21-01-2021, 09:29 PM
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What are you talking about?


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[ In this day and age, why are these two commandments so difficult to follow ]


Speak for yourself Some may find them difficult to follow but not others....
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Old 21-01-2021, 10:35 PM
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[ In this day and age, why are these two commandments so difficult to follow ]


Speak for yourself Some may find them difficult to follow but not others....



In Jesus' day, those two commandments were hard to follow and as we listen/read the news today, it appears 'things' have not improved in this time period.
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Old 21-01-2021, 10:41 PM
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[ In this day and age, why are these two commandments so difficult to follow ]


Speak for yourself Some may find them difficult to follow but not others....

How can some people follow the First Commandment which is:
"‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’" when they do not believe in a God nor believe that a Soul exist?
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Old 21-01-2021, 10:55 PM
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It is today as it always has been.

God transforms the individual Soul of man, when the individual man has a truthful desire to become transformed.

Only through having a truthful unconditional love for the heavenly Christ entity, AND, the same love & respect for his laws of love, coupled with a truthful desire to become transformed into a child of the Heavenly Father Christ entity, will see an individual slowly transformed into a christed being.

This is exactly what the christ entity desires.
And if we do not have that love & respect for the Christ entity & his laws of love, then we are LITERALLY telling him that we prefer to not be a part of the family & nor do we want to be a part of the kingdom.

When we "firstly", unconditionally love the christ entity, we love & respect his laws of love.
AND when we love & respect his laws of love, we then can secondly have, an unconditional love & respect for our neighbors, as we would also have for ourselves.

When an individual loves the christ entity & follows the christ entities laws of love, coupled with a desire to become transformed.
the individual is obviously loving & respecting every part of the one & only spiritual universe.
And this is a truthful desire, to become transformed into a christed being.

""All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.""

A prophet can be determined a number of ways.
Truth is though, it also mentions "all the law".
God's "law" that is set in motion, knows the heart/mind of the individual person. God does not need to hear your desire to be transformed.

Like the natural law of the spiritual universe... "reap as one sows", which does work "UNTO ITSELF" without god having to lift a finger.
Likewise is another law, that is also set in motion, is a law that knows the Heart/mind of an individual, who desires to become a divine being, instead of remaining a being of the Natural Love.
"AND" this other law also "WORKS UNTO ITSELF"

This law is different from the "reap as one sows" law.
This law mentioned here ""All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.""

The law mentioned, knows your truthful desire, & sets the allegorical "PROPHET" into action, And the allegorical prophet "works unto itself" & is literally "speaking for God"...as a Prophet does.

When people are miss informed by church leaders, who expound the biblical scriptures. These church leaders do not truly know the interpretation & meaning of words such as prophet.

Most words in biblical scripture were not used 2000 years ago, and the true meaning have been lost through time.
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Old 21-01-2021, 11:34 PM
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Sounds about right......... for ourselves and/or for our tribe.


But why don't people try to correct that?

Can't they see the obvious?

it is the whole money thing. Everyone eventually tends toward wanting their 'in' with other people... and the desire for this goes against pretty much every true path...

i mean look jesus said 'turn the other cheek' and jesus died because he loved us. Those types of things simply don't seem compatible with the ways we know to get an 'in' with others.
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Old 22-01-2021, 01:21 AM
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it is the whole money thing. Everyone eventually tends toward wanting their 'in' with other people... and the desire for this goes against pretty much every true path...

i mean look jesus said 'turn the other cheek' and jesus died because he loved us. Those types of things simply don't seem compatible with the ways we know to get an 'in' with others.

Nice comment.

I find your answer without any flaws. Therefore, I think you might have the answer.

Thanks for sharing.
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Jesus spoke of the greatest commandment and the second greatest commandment.

Matthew 22:34-40 records that conversation from the (NIV)


Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus replied:

‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”



In this day and age, why are these two commandments so difficult to follow?



Human Nature.
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Old 22-01-2021, 06:40 AM
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How can some people follow the First Commandment which is:
"‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’" when they do not believe in a God nor believe that a Soul exist?


God and Soul are just ' Titles/Labels '.
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