From; GOD THE FATHER, THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
The Helper, that He may be with you forever. [John 14:16 ]
Subject: MY WORD
33The crowds
were profoundly impressed by his answers—34-35but not the Pharisees!
When they heard that he had routed the Sadducees with his reply, they thought
up a fresh question of their own to ask him. One of them, a lawyer, spoke up: 36“Sir,
which is the most important command in the laws of Moses?”
37Jesus
replied, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with
all your heart, soul, and mind.’ 38-39This is the first and
greatest commandment. The second most important is similar: ‘Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.’
40All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets
stem from these two laws and are fulfilled if you obey them. Keep only these
and you will find that you are obeying all the others.”
5 And you shall love the
Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and
with all your might.
12 And now, Israel, what
does the Lord your God require of you but [reverently] to fear the Lord your
God, [that is] to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord
your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being,
6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts
of your descendants, to love the Lord
your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, that you
may live.
18Don’t seek vengeance. Don’t bear a grudge;
but love your neighbor as yourself, for
I am Jehovah.
7Dear
brothers, I am not writing out a new rule for you to obey, for it is an old one
you have always had, right from the start. You have heard it all before. 8Yet
it is always new, and works for you just as it did for Christ; and as we obey this commandment, to love one another, the
darkness in our lives disappears and the new light of life in Christ shines in.
9Anyone who
says he is walking in the light of Christ but dislikes his fellow man is still
in darkness. 10But whoever
loves his fellow man is “walking in the light” and can see his way without
stumbling around in darkness and sin. 11For he who dislikes his
brother is wandering in spiritual darkness and doesn’t know where he is going,
for the darkness has made him blind so that he cannot see the way.
23 And this is His order (His command, His injunction): that we
should believe in (put our faith and trust in and adhere to and rely on) the
name of His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and that we should love one another, just as He has commanded us.
24 All who keep His commandments [who obey His orders and follow His plan, live and continue to live,
to stay and] abide in Him, and He in them. [They let Christ be a home to them
and they are the home of Christ.] And by this we know and understand and
have the proof that He [really] lives and makes His home in us: by the
[Holy] Spirit Whom He has given us.
EVERYONE WHO believes (adheres to, trusts,
and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again
child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him
(His offspring).
2 By this we come to know (recognize and understand) that we love the children of God: when we
love God and obey His commands (orders, charges)—[when we keep His
ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and His teaching].
3 For the [true] love of God
is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His
precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome
(burdensome, oppressive, or grievous).
4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and
this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.
5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but
he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and
relies on that fact]?
23Jesus
replied, “Because I will only reveal
myself to those who love me and obey me. The Father will love them too, and
we will come to them and live with them. 24Anyone
who doesn’t obey me doesn’t love me. And remember, I am not making up this
answer to your question! It is the answer given by the Father who sent me.
25“I am
telling you these things now while I am still with you.
