“...There is no way to obey that command. “Love one another.” ... “
Well, that’s your opinion.
My opinion is whatever Christ says comes from God.
And I know it is only for strong people to obey it.
“... Have you ALWAYS in your whole life “loved one another”,..”
No I have not.
But my inner understanding is that all people are brothers and sisters.
1) To be a Christian is to follow Christ.
2) Christ said to one group of people, "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies," John 8:44.
3) Christ said to another group of people, "And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,'" Matthew 6:7-9.
4) Christ acknowledged that there were two fathers, thus two families, therefore a follower of Christ, a Christian, does not say that "all people are brothers and sisters." A Christian acknowledges with Christ that some people are children of God, and some people are children of the devil.
5) John 3:3-8
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
There is no way to obey the command love one another.
It’s not my opinion, it’s what God has said:
“For all have sinned and fallen short of God’s Glory”.
“Be ye Holy as I am Holy”
“There is no one righteous, not one”
God’s standard is perfection- one that we cannot achieve in which our sin remains. God HAD to provide the way for salvation for us.
“My opinion is whatever Christ says comes from God.” You are correct!
That is why He claimed: “I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life, no man comes to God but by Me”!
Jesus death on the cross paid for our sins. He rose to prove that it was real-and to fulfill God’s promise. All we must do is recieve it.
I hope/pray you do.
-Jeremy