"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and mind and soul, and with all thy mind. 38. This is this is the first and great commandment. 39. And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
Jesus said these two commandments are the most important commandments. We need to reflect and meditate on these two commandments and see if we are sincerely living by them. First, Jesus said that we are to love God. He did not say just love God, but we are go deeper in our love for Him. Do you love God with all your heart? Does He have first place in your heart above all else? Do you love God with all of your mind? What do you think about during your waking hours? Are your thoughts about loving God and pleasing Him in all you do during the day? I've got to tell you that these two questions made me stop and think. How many of our thoughts are about God and what He wants of us? How many of our thoughts are about our love for God? What part does God play in our plans for the day. Give these questions some thought today. Second, Jesus said that we are to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. This made me think about my love for people. Do I really love people? Do I love people who do not love me? Do I love people with whom I disagree? (And there are a lot of them!) Do I love people who have chosen to live only for the world, and do not care about God and His church? Or do I just love church people? These questions seem silly, but they are not, because there a lot of those above mentioned people in the world. I have to tell you that these questions rang like a bell in my mind. You would do well to consider this question for your own life. Run these two commandments through your heart and mind today. Perhaps we all have a lot of work to do on these two commandments, which Jesus referred to as the commandments on which all of the other commandments hang. Spend a few minutes today thinking about how you are doing on these two commandments. Bro. Joe
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