Thursday, December 14, 2006

Love at the beginning

Mt 22:36-40 (NIV) "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (TM)

So love is foundational. That means it's something you build on. That means it's a pre-requisite, meaning, you need it first. Then the other stuff. It's not just that Jesus says these are the two greatest commandments. That's pretty big, all right. But, no. It's that he said, "All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." That's what makes it foundational. Jesus saying first love, then everything else.

So that might be a good thing for us to be mindful of. Love first, then everything else.

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