What Would a World that Followed God Look Like?

I think the God who created us knows the best way for us to live. What would happen if the world was following God? When Jesus was asked what the most important commandment was, He said to love God. Next after that, He said to love one another. All of God's commandments can be boiled down to those. (Note: the following isn't an exhaustive list of God's instructions to us, but I tried to pick the major ones. I'm sure I missed a lot of good stuff.)

Relationships

Between Men (Love one another)

Why did God create mankind? Do we have a purpose in life? The prophet Isaiah, speaking for God, said this:

Isaiah 43:18
“Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.

19 “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

I was once one of those....

Belief as a Form of Worship
Or as Alex Jones would say, "There's a war on for your mind!"

For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." (Romans 4:3)

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

"All the world's a stage" -- William Shakespeare

The dictionary defines belief as:
be·lief

1.
an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.

From the account of Jesus healing 10 lepers, you can see the ugliness of ungratefulness.

God sent his only beloved son to die in your place for your sins. How long will you remain in ingratitude/unbelief?

Entertain the idea for a moment that there's a being out there who created time and the world and all that is in it. Would that being:

* have the right to determine the rules of what goes on here?
* have the right to punish those who break the rules?
* have the right to act in ways we don't completely understand?

Last night, we were sitting in the restaurant and this group came in. It was an elderly white couple and two young black teens. One of the young men was so carefully holding the elderly lady's hand, helping her navigate as they walked in. Before they ate, the whole group spent some time praying. I don't know what the relationship was between the young men and the elderly couple....maybe they were grandkids? It occurred to me that all of us could learn from their example of "Love God and Love one Another." #noracewar