But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?" Jesus replied, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments." Matthew 22:34-40
Meditate. Read Jesus’ words and listen to what He is saying.
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A
simple message that is appropriate today and every day. Where do you find the
commandments to which Jesus refers in the Old Testament? These are important
commandments…but are they listed in the great Ten Commandments? Actually, they nicely
summarize the Ten Commandments. The first few of the Ten Commandments focus on
God and our requirements to love, honor, and respect Him. The last several
Commandments deal with people’s relationships with others and how we should
treat them.
Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our
God, the LORD alone. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Jesus
noted that one of the greatest commandments was about loving ourselves…
Do not seek revenge or bear a
grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I
am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:18.
This
tells me that I must love myself …to love others around me. God created us all.
To love myself and others is to love God. Consider the foundation of love. God
is the source of all love…He is love.
We know how much God loves us, and
we have put our trust in His love. God is love, and all who live in
love live in God, and God lives in them. 1 John 4:16. (Underlined for emphasis.)
Love is
from the heart.
Prayer
– Holy Spirit, may You fill each heart with Your love and grace and guide each
of us in living the way that You would have us to live…with LOVE.
Verse
of Salvation ~ Show us your unfailing love, O LORD, and grant us your
salvation. Psalm
85:7
What can
we learn from this about Jesus, about life, and about God?
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Birthday, Kendall
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