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Originally Posted by Ohio
Personally, I do believe all Christians should pay attention to "life," even as Moses admonished Israel to "choose life." This, to me, indicates the utmost importance we should pay to the things of life, that being the eternal and divine zoe life of God. In other words, we must focus on the unseen because the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal. Hence, our focus should primarily be on God, Christ, the Spirit, faith, love, hope, etc.
With that introduction, I have asked, and been asked, many times why we spent no time or energy on good works? That's the first question. The second question being, why we were excessively instructed never to pay attention to right and wrong, but only to life? It is now my conclusion, after years of study, that both of these questions expose the self-serving motives at LSM.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly....that is when put into proper context. Problem is "life" is given an unhealthy definition.
Life=all things positive
Death=all things negative
Examine the prophets of the Old Testament and they had many negative things to say. Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc. In the New Testament we Jesus' ministry. He had many negative things to say. Is this death? Not hardly. Even when there's negative speaking, there's something of life. Something to prick your human spirit. If your human spirit is not touched when Jesus speaks of the Woes in Matthew or the Beatitudes in Luke, I'm at a loss.