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Proverbs of a 41 yr. old man
You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. Jesus replied to an expert in religious law, trying to trap him with this question: Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” What does it mean to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength? This command seems to be impossible to obey. That’s because, in the natural state of man, it is impossible. There is no greater evidence of the inability of man to obey God’s Law than this one commandment. No human being with a fallen nature can possibly love God with all his heart, soul, and strength 24 hours a day. It’s humanly impossible. But to disobey any commandment of God is sin. Therefore, even without considering the sins we commit daily, we are all condemned by our inability to fulfill this one commandment. This is the reason Jesus continually reminded the Pharisees of their inability to keep the Law of God. He was trying to get them to see their utter spiritual bankruptcy and their need for a Savior. Without the cleansing of sin that He provides, and the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit who lives in the hearts of the redeemed, loving God to any degree is impossible. Amen. The only way I am going to love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength is through the power of Christ living in me. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls. For, “Who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
Study Duet. 6:5
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