Matthew 22: 37 - 40; Mark 12: 29 - 31; Luke 10: 27. Jesus was asked by the Pharisees which is the "Great Commandment".
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: "You must love your neighbor as yourself." On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
This passage was spoken by Jesus at the end of His earthly ministry, before He was to be crucified.
The religious leaders of the Jews were trying very hard to catch Jesus in some kind of misspeak, so that they could arrest Him for false teaching. Jesus had already silenced the Sadducees, when this Pharisee, a lawyer asked Jesus which is the "Great Commandment". On the surface it looks like Jesus reduced the Ten Commandments, down to two. If you look at what Jesus said, and look at the Ten Commandments, Jesus did not reduce, but grouped all of them. The first commandments deal with God, and the rest deal with our relationship with others. Once again their attempt to trap Jesus failed. After this, the religious leaders did not try to trap Jesus again. It is very interesting that the very people who study God's Word and explain it to the rest of the people, did not recognize Jesus as the very Messiah (Savior), they were praying and searching the Scriptures for. This is why we have so many forms of Jesus today. If you ask the Holy Spirit to help you, you will be able to spot false teaching, and separate it from the true teaching. Ask and it shall be given you. How is your walk?
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Tom, would you please elaborate on your statement, "This is why we have so many forms of Jesus today"? What are some examples of these other forms of Jesus?
ReplyDeleteThanks.