The "two" commandments
Matt 22:36Teacher, which kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light--which are heavy?] 37And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). 38This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. 40These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law [the ten commandments] and the Prophets.What does it mean to you to love Jesus with all your heart, soul and mind? How is loving Jesus with each part different?
What does it mean for you to love your neighbor "as yourself"?
What initiates, motivates and/or prompts us to love Jesus and our neighbor as ourself?
Is love for God, ourselves and our neighbor something we can make ourselves do? Is it a result of our self-discipline or something else?
posted by Rick @ 5:27 AM
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