'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
of the Law and the Prophet hang on these Two Commandments.
(Matthew
22:36-40)
Christ
Jesus came to Redeem
Those
who would Obey the First and Second Commandments.
They
comprise God's the Whole of God' requirements.
ALL
your Heart, ALL your Soul [your Will and Emotions], and ALL your
Mind;
And
your Neighbor as yourself.
And
who is your Neighbor?--Anyone and Everyone. (Luke 10:25-37)
SO,
Who Obeys these Commands?
WHO
THEN CAN BE SAVED? Listen:
And
behold, there came a man up to Him, saying, Teacher,
What
excellent and perfectly and essentially good deed
Must
I do to posses Eternal LIFE? [Lev. 18:5.]
And
He said to him,
Why
do you ask Me about the perfectly and essentially good?
One
only there is who is good—perfectly and essentially; God.
If
you would enter INTO THE LIFE,
YOU
MUST CONTINUALLY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.
He
said to Him, What sort of Commandments?--Or, which ones?
And
Jesus answered,
You
shall not kill, You shall not commit Adultery, You shall not Steal,
You
shall not bear False Witness, [Exod. 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20.]
Honor
your father and your mother,
And
you shall love your neighbor as yourself. [Lev. 19:18.]
The
young man said, I have observed all these from my youth;
WHAT
STILL DO I LACK?
Jesus
answered him,
If
you would be PERFECT
[That
is, have that spiritual maturity
Which
accompanies self-sacrificing character],
Go
and sell what you have and give to the poor,
And
come, be My disciple—side with My party and follow Me.
But
when the young man heard this, he went away SAD
(Grieved
and in much distress),
FOR
HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS.
And
Jesus said to His disciples, Truly, I say to you,
It
will be difficult for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Again
I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle
Than
for a rich man to go into the Kingdom of Heaven.
When
the disciples heard this,
They
were utterly puzzled (astonished, bewildered), Saying,
WHO
THEN CAN BE SAVED [from Eternal Death]?
But
Jesus looked at them and said,
WITH
MAN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE,
But
all things are possible with God. [Gen. 18:14; Job 42:2.]
Then
Peter answered Him saying,
Lo,
we have left [our] ALL and have become Your disciples--
Sided
with Your party and followed You.
What
then shall we receive?
Jesus
said the them,
Truly,
I say to you, IN THE NEW AGE--
The
Messianic rebirth of the World--
When
the Son of Man shall sit down on the THRONE OF HIS GLORY,
You
who have [become My disciples, sided with My party and]
Followed
Me will also sit on Twelve Thrones
And
Judge the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
And
ANY ONE and EVERY ONE who has left houses or brothers or sisters
Or
father or mother or children or lands for My Names Sake,
Will
receive may-- even a hundred—times more,
AND
INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE.
But
MANY that [now] are First will be Last [then],
And
MANY who [now] are Last will be First [then].
(Matthew
19:16-30, AMP)
WHO
THEN CAN BE SAVED?
Those
who have Spiritual Maturity
Which
accompanies Self-sacrificing Character--
Those
Empowered by the indwelling Holy Spirit.
THEN,
what is IMPOSSIBLE with men,
Is
made possible by the POWER of God.
We
have but One Hope: Christ in us our Hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27)
This
is the only way we can Obey the First and Greatest Commandment.
Christ
Jesus warned us all:
Be
always on the Watch,
And pray that you
will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,
And that you may be
able TO STAND before the Son of Man.
(Luke 21:36)
Today,
the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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