03-14-2021, 12:40 AM
(03-13-2021, 10:37 AM)Blue Bird Wrote: I would like to know if there are any texts or thoughts on how one can know if he or she meets that.
A text that will tell you whether or not you are meeting the injunction to love God. Something from the Christian Scriptures comes to mind:
1 John 5:3
αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν, καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.
For this is love for God: that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.
αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν, καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.
For this is love for God: that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.
Are you asking for something like that?
I cannot understand what the motivation for this might be. We are told to respect our parents. Do we need a text that tells us whether or not we honor our parents? Will a text tell us whether or not we provide for our children? What is the intention behind this question? I just don't get it.