Monday, March 17, 2008

The Greatest Commandment


Deut 6:5

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."

Deut 30:6
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Deut 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deut 30:20
That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Josh 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Josh 23:11
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

Ps 31:23
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Ps 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps 116:1
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Matt 22:37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Mark 12:30
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Luke 10:27
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

1 Cor 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

Merriam Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary defines the Verb Love :

To hold dear
To Cherish
To desire actively
To take pleasure in
To thrive in

Recognizing that in my own strength I can not love the Lord as I ought, I continually ask Him for the grace needed to love Him with all of my heart, soul, and mind. While I know that my love has been imperfect, His grace has been sufficient!

I urge you to search your heart identifying and rejecting any affections that compete for the loyalty that belongs to God alone. Then purpose that you will love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and ask Him for the grace to do so.

Grace and Peace,
Ed

2 comments:

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Liz

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