Degrees of Love for Jesus
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:02 pm
This came up in another thread when discussing to love Jesus is to obey His commandments. This story Jesus told about loving Him brings up a question or two, perhaps.
The story [bible]Luke 7,41-47[/bible]
Could this be considered a reason why churches that are mainly filled with those raised up in the church and don't regard themselves as doing any great sinning that needs forgiveness, are lacking in affectionate love for Christ ?
And taking this a step further, if they are not getting new people who came out of worldly unchurched backgrounds and are seeing their 'first love for Christ', that they become cold and indifferent in their relationship with God driven by thankfulness for how much they have been forgiven ? Perhaps an emotionless duty type of serving and obeying ?
In this story Jesus seems to be pointing out to Peter that his actions just don't reflect the same degree of love that this woman has for Him. It wasn't an obedience issue but more an affectionate heart issue.
I'll leave it at that to see what any response may be.
The story [bible]Luke 7,41-47[/bible]
Could this be considered a reason why churches that are mainly filled with those raised up in the church and don't regard themselves as doing any great sinning that needs forgiveness, are lacking in affectionate love for Christ ?
And taking this a step further, if they are not getting new people who came out of worldly unchurched backgrounds and are seeing their 'first love for Christ', that they become cold and indifferent in their relationship with God driven by thankfulness for how much they have been forgiven ? Perhaps an emotionless duty type of serving and obeying ?
In this story Jesus seems to be pointing out to Peter that his actions just don't reflect the same degree of love that this woman has for Him. It wasn't an obedience issue but more an affectionate heart issue.
I'll leave it at that to see what any response may be.