Christ has The High Moral Ground

Jesus was once asked what the most important commandment is.

²⁹ “This is the most important,” Jesus answered:

Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.  ³⁰ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.

³¹ “The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”

 

(Mark 12:29-31)

 

Jesus is our most important prophet, and this is the most important commandment.  How can anything in the entire Bible supersede these verses?

Many so-called Christians have done bad things throughout history.  How could they justify their acts when confronted with this verse?  The Christian standard is higher than what is proposed in the Quran.  How this or that Christian actually behave is secondary.  If they do not follow the teaching of Jesus then how are they Christian?

 

⁴⁶ Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?

(Luke 6:46)

 

 

Jesus even tells us to love our enemies and to forgive:

 

²⁷ But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you, ²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹ If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either. ³⁰ Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, don’t ask for them back. ³¹ Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them.

(Luke 6:27-31)

 

Paul places the value of love above all spiritual gifts in the entire chapter of  1 Corinthians:

 

¹³ Now these three remain:
faith, hope, and love.
But the greatest of these is love.

(1 Corinthians 13) but this is just a summary of the entire chapter.

 

One time I heard a  Muslim scholar being asked about Luke 6:27-31 above.  He answered that in Islam they have things like that too.   One time he was holding a Quran study and he read these verses to his students without telling them where they came from.  His students guessed they must have come from the hadiths.  The Scholar did not immediately volunteer specific verses in the Quran that have the same moral standard. 

If Muhammad  came to replace Christianity, did he also bring a higher moral standard?