Reflection:
A teacher of the Law was there who heard the discussion. He saw that Jesus had given the Sadducees a good answer, so he came to him with a question: “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus replied, “The most important one is this: ‘Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second most important commandment is this: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment more important than these two. (Mark 12:28-31 ; Good News Translation)
Good day @steemchurch community. Some days ago I shared on this platform about Jesus calling everyone of us to be His apostles Here is a link to the post. Today, I want us to deeply meditate on the above Bible verses.
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Now lets start with the aspect urging us to love God with everything about us. Doing this means to be ready to sacrifice anything for Him. A very good example of this is Abraham. At a very old age, he was ready to sacrifice his only son, Isaac to the Lord. Also, loving God means to be ready to do his will at all time. This simply means staying away from sins, and aspiring after righteousness. Serving God is another way of proving our love to Him. And we can achieve this by actively participating in activities in His Church, maybe through singing, evangelism, ushering, etc.
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Next is loving our neighbours as we love ourselves. For If we love our neighbors as ourselves, we would always do to them those things we normally do to ourselves. It is not possible to do evil to oneself, so also if we love our neighbors as ourselves, it would be impossible to do evil to them as well. “Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you. I do not give it as the world does. Do not be worried and upset; do not be afraid. (John 14:27). Lets follow the word of our Lord Jesus Christ today and always live in peace with one another. Lets put a total end to killing one another, fighting, robbing, war, and other violent activities, and let the peace of God reigns among us...
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Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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Thanks @andymandy01 for this message indeed love is the greatest commandment
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When asked which is the greatest commandment, Jesus replied, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Love is the greatest commandment.
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Thanks @andymandy01 for this message indeed love is the greatest commandment
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Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment . And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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Do to others what you would normal do to yourself. It's not possible to persecute oneself, therefore, lets stop persecuting others as well...
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If God's love is spread abroad in our hearts, there's no way we won't want to reciprocate such to others. Be of help to those around you and encourage them in the things of God. Such love spreads.
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Love is a virtue that everyone of us should long for .thank you @andymandy01 for sharing this with us
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Indeed love is the greatest of all, love one another as Christ loves the church
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