Mark 12:28-31
The Most Important Commandment
28 One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the discussion. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"
29 Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord.  30 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.'   31 The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."  (NLT)
Here is the First and Greatest Commandment that you are to follow, “You are to Love the Lord your God with All your heart, with All your soul, with All your mind and with All your Strength.” This is God’s first command to you and His will for you to do. The word all can also be interpreted as “entire” in other words your entire being. The second commandment is equally important because if you love God then you will naturally love others that God has created. Why does God give us these two commandments? First of all God is love and God loves you. Second is that you are created in the image and likeness of God therefore you are to be like Him in every area of your life. You hear people say that child is just like their Dad or just like their Mom that’s because the child is a part of their parents or linked to their parents. As children of God you should be acting just like Jesus for He is the perfect representation of God the Father. If you are not acting like Jesus then you need to spend time with Jesus and spend time studying Jesus in the Bible so that you can be just like Him. Not acting but truly being like Jesus. Jesus said, Come follow Me; therefore, let us lay aside the old life and put on the new life in Christ and be emulators of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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