"Lighting the Way" -2

"And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday." (Psalms 37:6) It's all about obedience, as hard as that might be to pull off, it's what we rise up trying to do, and what we lay down asking forgiveness for not doing. Yet here is the thing about that fault of ours, something we always seem to misunderstand: God does not expect us to be perfect, because we are not going to be able to do that until we have our glorified bodies and are in His presence. However; He does expect us to want it, and to strive for doing those things that are pleasing in His sight; which brings me to the "judgment", and why it matters so very much that we have the right judgment. Jesus took all the commandments of God and He hung them upon two commands: to love God with all that we got, and to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-40). Not that it matters all that much whether there are two commands or fifty, because keeping those commands are impossible either way you look at them. How many of us, if we are being absolutely truthful, can say that we love God with all of heart, mind, soul and strength? Yet, if we could just fulfill that one command in our life, then we could also carryout the second one as well; and we could do it without even giving it a thought. However, because we are not capable of achieving perfection in even the first command, God looks at our judgment based upon that which we do have the capacity to perform, like our love for one another; even though we lack perfection in that command also, we have been given the Spirit to help us achieve a pretty close second; providing we are being obedient to the Holy Spirit. This whole thing with Phil Robertson, and his anti-gay remarks, has me wondering about the definition of love; what is a more loving thing to do for your neighbor that is going to go down in a plane crash, give them a parachute, or give them a backpack? Giving them a backpack is like sugar coating the message, as to not make them offended by telling them they are living in sin; you have given them nothing that will save their life, and them accepting it will only assure that they are going to hell. But the parachute, that requires that they not only wear it, but that they know why it is that they must; which requires that they know they are going to be judged for their sins; whether they are gay, straight, or indifferent, it really does not matter, because we all have sinned and fall short; the big difference might be in the way that you present yourself, as in, do you live for the sin that you are trapped in; and if you do, then that plane you are on is going down, and your soul will not be very tolerant of the result... "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)