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Old 09-04-2013, 02:41 PM
 
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There are so many Biblical themes, God, Jesus, Humanity, Sin & Salvation, Creation, Holy Spirit, God's People, Believers Life, Last Days..........

What theme is most important?
Men sinned, God redeemed them for his Glory.
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Old 09-04-2013, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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You are taking this literally. God does not need your love. God wants you to love what God stands for.
I believe it's meant to be taken literally. From our love toward God, stems our love toward others.


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You guys humanize God way too much.
Who are these "you guys" you speak of?
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Old 09-04-2013, 08:41 PM
 
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What Is The Bible's Most Important Theme?

1 Corinthians 13, love is greater.


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Of course, as John's epistle reminds us, if we can't love people, whom we CAN see, how can we love God, whom we CAN'T see.

So, ultimately, if you aren't living by the second command, you can't possibly be living by the first.
Love not extended to all humanity is not love; it’s a limited belief system.
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Old 09-04-2013, 08:48 PM
 
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Most important theme?

"For God so loved the world........."
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Old 09-04-2013, 08:54 PM
 
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Love within the Trinity is reciprocating. The Father loves the Son and the Son loves the Father. Therefor all who are in the Son also love the Father because as Paul said, "It is not I [the carnal man] but Christ in me [my new nature]". To love the Father is to love all in the various ways that love can express itself.
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Old 09-04-2013, 09:15 PM
 
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Men sinned, God redeemed them for His Glory.
You think the most important theme of the Bible is that God is a glory-hound??? No wonder I have such difficulty relating to your theology. God needs no glory . . . and certainly not from us.
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Old 09-04-2013, 09:27 PM
 
Location: Up above the world so high!
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Most important theme?

"For God so loved the world........."
Great minds do think alike, lol
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Old 09-04-2013, 10:00 PM
 
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That would be Jesus Christ. No one can come to the Father but by Jesus. Jesus is the solution to the sin problem, the means of salvation, the agent of creation, and the reason for salvation because the purpose for which we are saved is to be conformed to the image of Christ so that He would be the firstborn of many brethren.
Col. 1:16 For by Him (the pre-incarnate Jesus) all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-- all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17] He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Rom. 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;
I agree with Mike. Jesus oooooh how sweet the Name.
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Old 09-04-2013, 10:23 PM
 
Location: In a little house on the prairie - literally
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John 1:1

The writer of John attempt to bridge the calm and cultural discussion of the logos what's that of the new Christian movement.

The Stoics understood logos to mean the Christ within. In other words long before the biblical story of Christ, the Stoics knew that was an inane drive for man to be spiritual.

Just as man was part of nature, nature was part of a man. As such the logos what part of everyone, and John attempted to use this principle in selling a historical Christ vs one who was a spiritual one.

It has been a very simple and effective method of addressing the spiritual needs of humans. It unfortunately was hi jacked by fundamentalists and literalists of the Bible. John was the nonsynoptical writer of the gospels, he wrote from a spiritual perspective, and scholars agree that at least his gospel should be taken metaphorically.
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Old 09-05-2013, 12:57 AM
 
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You think the most important theme of the Bible is that God is a glory-hound??? No wonder I have such difficulty relating to your theology. God needs no glory . . . and certainly not from us.
The only vain glory is the pride of man. The Glory of God is the beauty of His righteousness. We receive of His Glory when we receive His Son. God's Glory is void of pride, full of love and wisdom and shares all with all who are willing to receive.
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