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Asher
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| Posted 5/1/2011 5:02 PM (GMT -6) |   | Maybe I'm too literal, or else I'm just always being a curmudgeon, but...
am I take it from this that:
I am to hate and despise myself?
If it's just an aphoristic way of saying "Put God first", I think it significantly overstates it's message.
I know the original message was:
'You cannot serve both God and Mammon.';
Mammon being the personification of avarice and worldly gain as a false god; and that message makes some sense as long as we don't take it as a blanket condemnation of wealth; but the redo is unbalanced. | | Back to Top | | |
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One Love
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| Posted 5/1/2011 5:27 PM (GMT -6) | | Asher:
I am to hate and despise myself?
Perhaps like you are to hate your father and mother. Maybe?
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Asher:
I know the original message was:
'You cannot serve both God and Mammon.';
Mammon being the personification of avarice and worldly gain as a false god; and that message makes some sense as long as we don't take it as a blanket condemnation of wealth; but the redo is unbalanced.
I could have said: "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and X" substituting anything for X and it would be true. Only God can be the supreme importance in our lives; not anything that is "not God." Love of the self-centered self or the "world"-centered self is antithetical to love of the Father, right?
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Post Edited (One Love) : 5/1/2011 5:31:28 PM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | | |
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One Love
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| Posted 5/1/2011 5:32 PM (GMT -6) | | Asher:
If it's just an aphoristic way of saying "Put God first", I think it significantly overstates it's message.
It's just so good...I have to...
April 02, 2009 Length: 13:42
Matthew examines the necessity of loving Christ above all.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. | | Back to Top | | |
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