We are to Love God & Love Our Neighbors (TMF:962)

Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Peace to Live By: We are to Love God & Love Our Neighbors (TMF:962) - Daniel Litton
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       We are to love God with our whole beings, and also love our neighbors as we already love ourselves. Mark recorded for us the following in Mark 12, starting in verse 29: Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:29-31 ESV). So, the most important person in our lives is God. First, we love him with all our hearts, which means with our whole being, with every part of us. And so, we have surrendered all to him, and this makes him pleased and happy. It doesn’t mean we don’t have peace, happiness, and joy in our lives; it means that everything we do, we do it through Christ. Second, we love God with all of our souls. We are obedient to him in all areas of our lives—not just some of the parts of our lives.