THE CORE OF OUR FAITH!

THE CORE OF OUR FAITH


The WHOLE of our FAITH=
Of what our CHRISTIAN BEING
Is supposed to mean


Can be summed up in
One sentence
“LOVE GOD=LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR”


These two commandments are
SIMPLE in their verbage=
But oh so CHALLENGING
To execute


“You shall LOVE the Lord
Your God=with all your heart
With all your soul


With all your mind
And with
All your strength”........


You shall LOVE your neighbor
As yourself” Mark 12:30-31


It seems=pretty EASY=
Doesn't it?


Yet HOW MANY of us=in the world
Today=want to BLAME GOD
For what is WRONG with it=


Or BLAME God at the
LOSS of a LOVED ONE=or
An unexpected TRAGEDY


And LOVING our neighbor
Can BE oh so difficult






When a person KEEPS
Badgering us over and over AGAIN=
Or you have a nosy person
NEXT DOOR


Or TOLERATING gossip or mean-
Spirited bigotry=about another person


SOMETIMES it can be DIFFICULT
To CONTINUE TO LOVE


The CORE of our FAITH
Doesn't mean just saying
“I LOVE YOU!”


It means actually=LOVING
GOD when things are difficult


And LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR=when
They present UNLOVABLE characteristics


The CORE of our FAITH!
Also involves forgiveness=and
LIVING THE BEATITUDES


“Then Peter came
To JESUS and asked
'Lord=how many times
Shall I forgive
My brother or sister


Who SINS against me?
Up to seven times?'


“Jesus answered='I tell you
NOT seven times
But seventy-seven times'” Matthew 18:21-22


And then there are the BEATITUDES
And NOT just for saying=
Or reading=or PRAYING


“BLESSED are the poor
In SPIRIT
For theirs
Is the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 5:3


“Blessed are the PURE
In heart
For they will see GOD” Matthew 5:8


My FRIENDS=these points=are the
CORE of our
CHRISTIAN FAITH


NOT just for saying or praying=
But ACTUALLY DOING


Dear Lord=let LOVE=FORGIVENESS=and
The Beatitudes LIVE in our hearts=
And COME FORTH in our actions


In JESUS' NAME


Robert P. Wallman
6-7-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick