The Greatest Commandments

Living in Covenant

A Heart-felt Covenant

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

Jesus Teaches about Transforming Love

Matthew 22:34-40 New International Version 

The Greatest Commandment

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

For Reflection

Where do you place your trust? What do you worship? Loving God with all your heart, mind, and soul is to worship the God of love and justice. Adhering to the letter of the law is a matter of proving one violated the rules. However, adhering to the commandment of love is a matter of fostering justice when the letter of the law is insufficient to do so.  

Pray

Pray often and long so that you remember to treat each human as you would like to be treated. Pray for those who are enslaved to the rules of living.  Pray for those who follow Jesus and seek compassion when the law is incapable of distributive justice.

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