29 ‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” 31 The second is this: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” There is no commandment greater than these.’ (Mark 12:29-31)
Reflecting on these verses, I found a note that I had written from reading Ligonier’s Tabletalk from 26 September 2016:
“Christ held that we cannot truly love God without loving our neighbour and we cannot truly love our neighbour without loving God… R C Sproul writes in his commentary Mark that loving God with one’s entire heart means loving Him from the very root of our being; that loving God with one’s entire soul means loving Him passionately, not in a tepid manner; that loving God with all of one’s strength means loving Him with all of the power we can muster; and that loving Him with all of one’s mind means loving Him by studying His ways and His character as revealed in His Word.”
May we be those who love God in this way, and love our neighbour as ourselves.
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