barry
03-30-2007, 08:11 AM
This is my commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you.—John 15:12.
When asked which was the greatest commandment in the Law, Jesus answered: “Love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.” The second was: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” He then said: “On these two commandments the whole Law hangs, and the Prophets.” (Matt. 22:35-40) Jesus thus indicated that, not just the Law with the Ten Commandments, but the entire Hebrew Scriptures were based on love. Is love of God and neighbor also central to the law in the hearts of Christians? Absolutely! “The law of the Christ” involves a heartfelt love of God and includes a new command—Christians are to have self-sacrificing love for one another.—Gal. 6:2. w 8/15/05 9, 10b
When asked which was the greatest commandment in the Law, Jesus answered: “Love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.” The second was: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” He then said: “On these two commandments the whole Law hangs, and the Prophets.” (Matt. 22:35-40) Jesus thus indicated that, not just the Law with the Ten Commandments, but the entire Hebrew Scriptures were based on love. Is love of God and neighbor also central to the law in the hearts of Christians? Absolutely! “The law of the Christ” involves a heartfelt love of God and includes a new command—Christians are to have self-sacrificing love for one another.—Gal. 6:2. w 8/15/05 9, 10b