Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The Need to Love God - Our Greatest Commandment

 

To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor. It is total commitment of our very being - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually - to love of the Lord.

What is the greatest commandment? When the Sadducee's challenged Christ on the doctrine of resurrection, and he responded to their inquiry, the pharisee's were present and discussed among themselves how to engage in challenging Jesus. The Pharisee's maintained that one must fulfill all the Mosaic and Levitical laws of the Jewish heritage and religion. A lawyer approaches and posits this question: Of all the commandments God has given, which of them is the greatest commandment? 

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