| non-Christian reader of Jesus son of Mary here. He is simply saying that your outward promises must be a simple reflection of your internal resolve. "simple yes or no". And dressing it up either as being based on divine attribures or your given nature is a form of deception, self-deception or otherwise. "anything more than this comes from evil" Which is basically true. You know your internal position. It is either yes or no on 'promise x'. Why dress it up? > No Christian can obey all the statutes of the Bible Love God with all your heart and all your mind, and love your neighbor even as yourself. All the law and prophets hang on this. That's the meta "statue". It's basically the foundation of a subset of human religions, certainly the Abrahamic ones. Most struggle with loving ourselves, our fellow bipeds, or our God, or some combo but the clue is the implication that they are all one and the same. ["even"] It is really core to the entire matter. Love in the fullness of its meaning. |