Saturday, August 1, 2009

Just two things

Titus 3:1-2 says:

"1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men."

When I read this verse, it made me wonder what the world would look like if we actually did these things? Things would be so different if everyone worked on just these attributes and put them into practice! The funny thing is that all of the things listed here in Titus 3 fall under "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" (Matt. 22:37) and "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matt. 22:39). These two things are what Jesus call the first and second greatest commandments (Matt. 22:38-39). If you are following and obeying the two greatest commandments, you will automatically be doing all the things God calls us, as Christians, to do. For example, if you love God, you know that He has positioned all authority, and naturally you will obey that authority. (I hope this makes sense) So there you go... you don't even have to work on 5 or 6 things, just the two major commandments. Everything else will fall into place.

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