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What Does God Require ?
The basic and only requirements for the Christian man is his
faith in Christ and the agape love of his fellow man. Theological knowledge of God comes secondary to this. But
what what is faith in Christ? If one loves another, regardless of doctrine, regardless of the faith of a Jesus
as more than a man, apart from all religion, accepting the Jew, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Taoist & etc, accepting
all sexual orientation, culture and race. Is that not faith and love? Unconditional love has no conditions. The
moment you require a person to go through the divinity of Christ is moment you have put a condition on love. Unconditional
requires no religious belief, no requirement of a blood sacrifice, no interpretation. Yet in the depths of this
midst, in the center of this void exists love and compassion.
Away from organized religion, deep theology and the hard works of sacrifices
exists the ability to forgive, respect, show compassion, be non-judgmental, put up with the false intent, suffer
from evil.
Jack Deer reveals what knowing God is:
"It took me too long to learn that knowing the Bible is not the same as knowing
God, loving the Bible is not the same as loving God and reading the Bible is not the same as hearing God. What
I am saying is that it is possible to put almost any good thing above Jesus Christ without realizing what we are
doing. We can put the Bible and its commandments above the Lord. We can put the spiritual gifts and even various
kinds of worship above the Lord. We can put various forms of ministry-witnessing, caring for the poor, praying
for the sick-above the Lord. The essence of all of life is loving God and then loving his people." (Matthew
22:36-40) (1)
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Do You Think Your Salvation Rests on This ?
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This Is What Life's All About
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Who Are The 144,000?
Who Are The Great Crowd?
Must We Preach House To House?
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"This is his commandment, that we have faith
in the name of his son Jesus Christ and be loving one another." And it is by observing this commandment of
"love", that we "gain the knowledge that we are in union with him." 1 John 3:11, 23
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What Happens at Death ?
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"The Love of Christ Surpasses Knowledge"
"The Love of Christ Is Beyond All Understanding" - Ephesians 3:19
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Is There a Burning Hell ?
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"This Means Everlasting Life, Knowing Love (God is Love,
Not Doctrinal Teachings) And His Son Jesus Christ (Agape Love) Who He Sent Forth"
John 17:3
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Will There Be a Paradise Earth ?
Is There Really A Satan ?
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"For This Is The Message You Have Heard From The Beginning,
That We Should Love One Another "1 John 3: 11
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Must Preach Doctrinal Knowledge to Others ?
Is the Door To Door Preaching Required ?
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"He Who Loves His Brother, Abides In The Light And There
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John 1:10
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Is God's Name Jehovah ?
Can I Celebrate Holidays ?
Who is Babylon the Great ?
Do I Have To Belong To A Church ?
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Jesus Asks: "Who Of These Three Men Seems To You To Have
Made Himself Neighbor To The Man Who Fell Among The Robbers? The Man Answered: "The One Who Acted Mercifully
Towards Him", Jesus Then Said To Him: "Go Your Way And Be Doing The Same Yourself." Luke 10:36-37
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Is Jesus Also Jehovah ? A Trinity? Is He God ? Or God's Son and
not God? (Outside of Faith, a requirement)
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"Love Is The Perfect Bond of Union"
Colossians 3:14
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Are We Living In The Last Days ?
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"To The Extent You Did It (Fed, Clothed & Showed Mercy)
To One Of The Least Of My Brothers, You Did It To Me"
Matthew 25:31:46
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Is There a Faithful And Discreet Slave Class ?
Does God Have A Divine Channel ?
Do I Need God's Spirit ?
Is The Bible Infallible?
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"If Anyone Makes The Statement: "I Love God",
And Yet Is Hating His Brother, He Is A Liar. For He Who Does Not Love His Brother, Whom He Has Seen, Cannot Be
Loving God, Whom He Has Not Seen. And This Commandment We Have From Him, That The One Who Loves God Should Also
Be Loving His Brother."
1 John 4: 20 - 21
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Must We Belong To A Visible Human Religious Organization ?
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"Love Is The Law's Fulfillment"
Romans 13:10
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The Kingdom A Literal Government of God ?
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He That Loves His Brother Has Fulfilled The Law"
Romans 13:8
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Do All Good Persons Go To A Heaven ?
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"If I Have Prophetic Powers, And Understand All Mysteries
And Have All The Knowledge
. . . . And Have Mighty Faith . . . But Have Not Love, I Am Nothing."
1 Corinthians 13:2
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The "Truth" Can Be Simple, Or Unknown
Simple enough for a child, incomprehensible for a scholar.
Despite all the theology, religious requirements and external
sacrifices, "the
love of Christ surpasses knowledge." The deeper
things have their place, yet the experience of love is far surpassing and incomprehensible, far from languistic
explanations that fail to articulate such truth. Religion, on the other hand, becomes blinded into structure, theology,
legalism, fundamentalism and loose
balance and suddenly a doctrine must be accepted to find peace with God. But all the correct theology in the world
doesn't replace unconditional love. (Eph 3:19)
"God is love" and "those who know love are both born from God and know God." In order to know
love and in return know God, is to love self and all. To hate self for all. To loose self in God. To find self
in God. To let go of truth as unttainable, inable to grasp as a possesion. To allow it to pass by and blow its
breeze over. (1 John 4:7, 8; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 2:14-16; 8)
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Surprised By The Holy Spirit - Jack Deere |
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