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On 3/15/2019 at 3:45 AM, Who me said:

All Jesus does here is show the rich young man that he loves his things far more than he loved the things of God.

 

Notice that Jesus has established a higher calling than obeying the Commandments of God.  Thus, Jesus is showing that there is something greater than the Commandments here.  What is greater than the Commandments of God?  Only God, Himself.

So, in order to be perfect, Jesus says, "you must not only keep the Commandments, but also divest yourself of all worldly possessions and then, one more thing, focus completely on me."

On 3/13/2019 at 5:41 AM, thomas t said:

Hi everyone,

a fellow poster pondered about this question here

I also would say, God isn't in need of us.

However, when they attack him they attack us, I fear.

My mother used to say, Paul's writings were guilty of anti-women bias. But she took it to the personal level against Paul saying "Paul is _____". Christians think that Paul was inspired by God when he wrote part of the Bible, so it seems it is an attack on God.

When I started a new life in 2002 asking Jesus to be my savior, my mother also attacked me calling me mentally ill.

The Bible says Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

I want to have God as my teacher, so my mother attacking me is just what God's word predicted, I think.

So when they attack God, I think, we should speak up. This would be just natural when we feel that he is our father, in my opinion.

Regards,

Thomas

 

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Edit:

I should add that my mother added all sorts of other attacks, too, and the other family members, my father and my sister, joined her in doing so... and this made me mentally ill. So ironically, when my mother declared me ill it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy ?. As I remembered how my childhood devellopped my illness got worse and stayed for long years.

So I conclude: God might not be vulnerable, we are.

Well, Jesus said:

Luke 10:16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

So, you're right that when they attack us because of our faith in God, they are really attacking God.  But, I think this is a badge of honor that we should wear humbly because Scripture also says:

Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.