Verse I'm talking about: "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." - 1 John 4:20
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Another thing to be noted: I think we also often hear the first part of this verse separated from the second (the part before the semicolon). Just reading the whole thing together gave me a new perspective on it.
I already told you this, but you're amusing in this video.
Oh, and Monday and I went to see Inception today! Fantastic. I knew it would be. Now we definitely need to talk about it.
Hmmm. So the question is, must we love God in order to let us love people, or do we love people to get to loving God... I'm not sure, but I can say I don't think it's high-minded to try to love God first.
I was kind of thinking about this a few days ago, but in reverse, about saying that I love my brother when I don't love God.
I don't what angle to look at it, except to want a united heart.
Also, I don't think you can be wrong about your subjective appreciation of the film. ;)
:grins at being given a personal recommendation: :D ... I'll work on it. I may end up waiting until it comes out on DVD. :P (just because my family hardly ever watches movies at theatres)
"I'm not sure, but I can say I don't think it's high-minded to try to love God first."
Here's what I mean: If I'm incapable of loving a person, or struggling with that, what makes me think I will be better at loving God, who I can't even see, who is in some sense very abstracted to me? Perhaps part of how we love God is . . .indirectly, by loving his children. But . . . I know he can help me to love him, but I don't know if I may just be deluding myself into thinking I love God. Humph . . . . what I do know, is that the most powerful way God has revealed himself to me is from other people, and appreciating his creation, and loving it . . . and that helps me to love God. *shrug*
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Another thing to be noted: I think we also often hear the first part of this verse separated from the second (the part before the semicolon). Just reading the whole thing together gave me a new perspective on it.
I already told you this, but you're amusing in this video.
Oh, and Monday and I went to see Inception today! Fantastic. I knew it would be. Now we definitely need to talk about it.
Hmmm. So the question is, must we love God in order to let us love people, or do we love people to get to loving God... I'm not sure, but I can say I don't think it's high-minded to try to love God first.
I was kind of thinking about this a few days ago, but in reverse, about saying that I love my brother when I don't love God.
I don't what angle to look at it, except to want a united heart.
Also, I don't think you can be wrong about your subjective appreciation of the film. ;)
:grins at being given a personal recommendation: :D ... I'll work on it. I may end up waiting until it comes out on DVD. :P (just because my family hardly ever watches movies at theatres)
"I'm not sure, but I can say I don't think it's high-minded to try to love God first."
Here's what I mean: If I'm incapable of loving a person, or struggling with that, what makes me think I will be better at loving God, who I can't even see, who is in some sense very abstracted to me? Perhaps part of how we love God is . . .indirectly, by loving his children. But . . . I know he can help me to love him, but I don't know if I may just be deluding myself into thinking I love God. Humph . . . . what I do know, is that the most powerful way God has revealed himself to me is from other people, and appreciating his creation, and loving it . . . and that helps me to love God. *shrug*
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