Luke 10:27 " And he answering said, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
Many today profess Christianity and live life based on God's love for us. But the sign of a true Christian lies in living a life based on our love for God. Yes it is true God loves us, He loves us so much that He gave His only begotten Son to die for us. But the question that needs to be answered is, do you love the Lord?
Here in our text a certain lawyer asked what he could do to inherit eternal life. The lawyer answered to love God with all thy heart soul and mind and love thy neighbor as thyself. Jesus told him he answered right. But we must understand what it actually means to love the Lord with all thy heart, soul and mind. That means to love Him more than anything else including our own life. We must love Him with our all holding nothing back. Love Him in our caring for one another. Loving Him in our sharing one with another. Love Him in our sacrificing for one another, we are to love Him in our giving and forgiving of one another. In this we have love for our neighbor as we esteem other more highly than we do ourselves. We love like Christ loved without respect of person.
When we truly begin to live our life based on our love for God, it is then we will began to love one another as Christ has loved us. Then we will present our bodies a living sacrifice. It is then we will deny our self daily take up our cross and follow Jesus.
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