The Most Important Commandment

In Matthew chapter 22, Jesus is talking to the people about a lot of things. But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they thought up a fresh question of their own to ask him. One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”

Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: “Love your neighbor as yourself. All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments”.

We are to love the Lord with all of our heart not just part of it. He loved us enough to send His Son into this sinful world to die for us. He took our punishment that we deserved. It was our sins that put Him on the cross, but it was His love for us that kept Him there. He could have called on every angel in heaven to take Him off that cross but He didn’t. That is real love. How many people can say that someone other than Jesus laid down their life for them? How many people can say that they will sacrifice themselves for someone because they love them? Jesus is the only person that I know. There is no one like Him and there never will be.

We must love the Lord our God with all of our soul because our souls belongs to Him. When we leave this earth our bodies will be laid to rest, but when our soul leave our body, it returns to our Creator. We are souls living a human experience. If we did not have these bodies to live in we would not be able to live as humans. We would not be able to be fruitful and multiply. We would not be able to do anything. Thank God for giving us these bodies to live in.

We must love the Lord our God with all of our mind because He gave us our mind. We are always to be thinking about all of the things He has done for us since He created this world. We should never forget how He loves us. He paid the price for us at Calvary. That is a price we will never ever be able to repay. He shed His blood for us! We are to always tell our children what He did for us so they can tell their children some day. We must always remember to Worship and Praise Him for everything. He gives us our lives every day. He provides for us when we are going through hard times. He makes a way when there seems to be no way. HE is our everything, so we must remember Him and be mindful of His presence around us at all times.

If you want to know just how much God loves us, read John 3:16. Don’t forget to pray and read God’s Word, He’s waiting to hear from you. Amen.