Originally Posted by curdog4570

You are creating a division among believers that need not be there.

When you go beyond the two Great Commandments in search of "more knowledge", you are traveling with your head as a companion and - by implication - claiming you have fulfilled those TWO.


The search continues for many of us.

One can hold to the understanding of the thief on the cross (that is that we are incapable of loving God and neighbor apart from Christ's redeeming work) plus a little more and still recognize we have not "arrived".

There have been many saints down through the ages who have proven that in spades.

Fact is, I've observed as much self-righteousness from the "two great commandments" crowd as I have from those who go well beyond what I consider justified by scripture. Why?

Because we are all sinners still looking for Adam & Eve's dream of being God rather than accepting our limitations and God's gracious gift in Christ. It's the human condition; we're all just like our first parents.