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Originally Posted by NeitherFirstnorLast
Answer: By trusting in the Lord, not the Brother, to cover the situation. ALL the law hinges on these two things: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind... and love your neighbour as yourself.
"And who is our neighbour?" A lawyer once asked our Lord this very question, seeking to justify himself (for there were many he could not love). What did the Lord reply?
Luke 10:25-37...
Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
"And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
"Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
"But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
"On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.'
"Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?" And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."
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When any of us rely on trust, before being love, that is purely a concept of our flesh. As I read in the verses you included it was love your neighbour as yourself. That itself as an all encompassing statement. There's no "if's" and there is no "but's". In Matthew, Jesus took it a step further when He said, "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you".
I have been perplexed, what is it to be a dissenting one? In the local churches, there's a negative connotation. Definitions I have found are:
1. to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from ): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
2. to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view.
3. to disagree with or reject the doctrines or authority of an established church.
Dissent does not automatically qualify one as being a heretic. Nor does it mean one is trying to cause division. It's as the word is defined, "to disagree". So if we each differ in sentiment or opinion, we are all essentially dissenting ones. Going forward each instance the phrase dissenting one is used, I now see it strictly as a relative term.