"What is written in this tract?
He answered: " I need to understand my sin problem, that my sinfulness separates me from God. That Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sin. If I believe in Jesus he will save me.'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do Believe this and you will live."
Luke 10:25-28 (Playdough Version)
Do we think Jesus answer is correct, or was He misleading this man? Why would Jesus give a different answer than we typically give?
2 comments:
Good one, Jon.
I guess Jesus didn't really know the depths of the theology we would develop over the years following his life on earth. He didn't know that simple and practical doesn't cut it, we need something more legalistic, something we can use to sort into 'us' and 'them'.
If you love God and others then part of loving them is trying not to hurt them by your words or actions. I look at this as good advice. Just following these two new commandments that Jesus should cause us to sin less. Can you think of a sin we do that doesnt hurt others, ourselves, or God?
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