The Greatest Commandment
Good morning everyone hope you're having a wonderful day.
In Matthew 22:35-40 there was a certain lawyer, who asked the Lord a question and all along was tempting the Lord. Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said him to him, that thou should love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment and the second is like unto it that you love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two Commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
I've read that during Bible times there were 613 laws that the people of Israel were to adhere to. Jesus is saying that the greatest of all these laws was to love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, soul and mind. Jesus went on to say that the second greatest law was to love thy neighbor as thy self. First and foremost, we are to love the Lord with everything that is within us. When I think of how good God is and how he has been there through every area of my life, watching over me, leading me and teaching me along the way, then not only is it natural for me to love Him, but I want to tell him that I love Him.
Yes, it is easy to love the Lord but how about your neighbor? I wonder what that lawyer was thinking after Jesus said, you must love your neighbor as yourself.
In my own life, I know that there are certain people that I would rather not be around me for too long, yet Jesus is saying in scripture that I need to love them as myself. Folks, I've seen Jesus save the vilest of sinners from a life of despair. I've seen where people that were bound by drugs, alcohol, illicit sex, hate, demonic oppression and scores of other sins set free at the name of Jesus. As you look at your neighbor or whoever God puts in front of you at any given time, it may be easy to turn your head, and look the other way, to ignore their presence and perhaps hope the best for them and pass by them on the other side. I say again that the God we serve can save the vilest of sinners and use them for His Honor and His Glory.
As Christians, God has commanded us to love our neighbor, as we love God, and as we love ourselves. That seemingly hard to reach person beside you needs Jesus just like you did before you got saved. If God got a hold of you, then God can get a hold of that somebody else who might be standing next to you at this very moment. The God who has saved you from a life of sin, and despair can certainly change that someone that you might feel has no hope. Let us be that instrument whereby God can use to reach somebody else for Christ.
I love you my friends and until the next time May God Bless.
