Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them The Fulfillment of the Law: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. The "New Commandment" concerns the love for neighbor and is similar to the second part of the Great Commandment, which comprises two commands: love for God and love for neighbor. The first part alludes to Deuteronomy 6:4-5, The second part of the Great Commandment, similar to the "New Commandment", commands love for neighbor and is based on Leviticus 19:18. the OT commanded human love, Jesus commands divine love for one another that is modeled on sacrificial love and mercy. I have not come to condemn the world- but to save it. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 “Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things. Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end. For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true: But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary. For now we see things in a glass, darkly; But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”
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#Paul makes it clear: You will not be justified by any work or anything you can do to make yourself better. Paul wrote many of the books in the #NewTestament, written after Jesus’ #ministry. In Romans, Paul writes about #justification, “For all have sinned and -fall- short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his #grace through the #redemption that came by #Christ #Jesus” (Romans 3:23-23) It’s -because- of Jesus’ death on the #cross that God has wiped clean the penalty of sin. Instead, God has #given righteousness to those who #trust in Christ. So in this sense, Christians are simply people *willing to *accept this #gift -from Him- rather than continue trying to make themselves righteous by their own efforts to be moral. Jesus, the -only perfect- human in history, did for ALL #humanity what no one else could do. He took our guilt and -instead- gave us #freedom. Paul writes in Galatians 2:16, “Know that a person is *not justified by the works of the law, but by *faith in *Jesus *Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified” No one is capable of being good enough to gain justification on their own. But you can be completely justified when Jesus takes your sin and sin penalty away from you, granting us His righteousness instead. Knowing you are justified will help you see yourself the way God *sees* YOU: blameless and PERFECT. Obviously, no one is perfect, but God does not look at His people who #trust Him- and see all their sin; Instead, He sees them in the same way He sees Jesus- because Jesus has covered their sin with -His- righteousness. “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but #Christ #lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live -by faith- in the Son of #God, who loved me and gave Himself for me..”Galatians 5:22-23. Jesus, the only perfect human in history, did for all #humanity what -no one- else could do. He took our guilt and instead gave us #freedom.
Isaac Newton’s life was one long search for God
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