For Christians, the ultimate goal of faith is salvation. To achieve this goal, the hope of the kingdom of heaven and faith based on such hope are needed. In addition, the practice of faith is the love toward God and neighbors. Therefore, love is possible only when there are the hope of the kingdom of heaven and faith behind it. God considered love as the greatest virtue of believers.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
(1 Corinthians 13:13)
Then, can those who have love only achieve the goal of salvation? The answer is ‘No.’ The Apostle John emphasized faith as of the most importance to get salvation.
… that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. (John 3:15)
However, it’s hard to reach salvation with faith alone. Today’s Christians fall in this error. An expression of faith requires the hope of the kingdom of heaven.
so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:7)
That is, we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven without having the hope of eternal life. ‘The greatest of these are love,’ ‘whoever believes in him may have eternal life,’ ‘we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life’: Among these words, what should we follow to get salvation? Since the greatest is love, is it enough to have love alone? Or, is it okay to have only faith since it’s written, ‘whoever believes in him may have eternal life’?
We must think about organic combination among faith, hope and love. If faith and hope are missing from love, it’s not different from the one who eats sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) after separating salt (NaCl) into each element (Na and Cl.) When edible salt is divided into sodium and chlorine, they become harmful materials. Therefore, we can achieve the goal of salvation by practicing love based on faith and hope.
In addition, there is one thing we should remember: Love toward God must be go first with regard to the practice of love. Loving neighbors based on such love is the whole duty of Christians.
Jesus replied: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40)
Are there any Christians who do not love God? However, love with lips only is not love which loves God.
If you love me, you will obey what I command. (John 14:15)
Salvation begins with obeying God’s commandments. Obeying what God commanded enables us to love Him and is the top priority of believers who wish to enter the kingdom of heaven.
We have to express our love toward Elohim God, our Heavenly Father and Mother, by keeping Their commandments.
Thanks to Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother to allow me to be led by Your commands!
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love…. I love this verse. The commandments of God contain the love of God. No commandment was made without the love of God. Most especially, Jesus established the Passover of the new covenant by shedding His blood on the cross. He even said, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer” (Luke 22:15) and declared the Passover as ‘the new covenant.’ However, the Passover of life disappeared during the Dark Ages. For our salvation, Christ Ahnsahnghong restored the new covenant Passover according to the prophecies of the Bible. In this age, you can keep the Passover of the new covenant at the World Mission Society Church of God. Jesus promised us the forgiveness of sins through the Passover of the new covenant:
faith,hope and love, these three remain always.
in order to achieve our salvation,we should practice love and have a hope and believe in Elohim God.
It’s very natural that God’s people obey God’s commandments.
However, most Christians of today keep men’s commandments such as Sunday, Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving Day. For example, Christmas is not the birthday of Jesus, but the birthday of sun-god – Mithra. Will God be pleased when we celebrate the birthday of sun-god?
The World Mission Society Church of God is Zion where God’s feasts are observed (https://mygodchristahnsahnghong.com/2013/08/15/the-world-mission-society-church-of-god-is-zion-where-we-observe-the-feasts-of-the-new-covenant/). The Church of God observes the feasts of the New Testament not those of the Old Testament.
Please meet the Savior of this age in the World Mission Society Church of God where God’s feasts are observed according to the prophecies of the Bible. I give thanks to Christ Ahnsahnghong who restored the new covenant which had been abolished during the Dark Ages.
Without obeying the commandments of God, we cannot know God.
How can we get salvation without knowing God? Those who keep God’s commandments such as the Sabbath and the Passover of the New Covenant realize the true God — Elohim God. In this age, we should believe in the Spirit [God the Father] and the bride [God the Mother] to get the water of life or salvation:
According to the teachings of Christ Ahnsahnghong, the members of the World Mission Society Church of God observe the commandments of God including the Sabbath day and the Passover.
Sunday, Christmas, Thanksgiving Day… All these are not based on the Bible, but mere man-made rules. You know, we cannot get salvation with such man-made rules. Instead, we should obey God’s commandments to be saved. Please look into the Bible to receive the Savior of this age–Christ Ahnsahnghong.
When we obey God’s commandments, we can realize Elohim God’s love.
Even eternal love is from God especially God the father, Christ ahnsahnghong and God the Mother
who are immortal ~~
Love God and Love our neighbors ^^