"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."

NIV Matthew 22:37-40
The Vengeance:
This is one of my personal favorite passages in the Bible. I like it because it helps me make my decisions in every day life. I think that, as long as I have these commandments in mind when I make those decisions, I will make the right choices.

Should I go here, or finish that? Well, if I love God, what will I do? If I love God's creations, my neighbors, how will I treat them? It's just a good thing to keep in mind. I feel that if you know this commandment, and you know God, you'll know what the right thing to do is.


Mrs. Smith:
My thoughts on the passage are that Jesus is telling us the one thing that we must all remember in order to follow in his footsteps. I don't mean to make it sound like a big book of rules that we must mechanically follow, but rather to show that if we do love the Lord we will show our love for him in our acts.

God does not expect perfection, He knows that we are human and make mistakes, but if we love him our actions should show that love to others around us. They may not quite understand but they will see that we are different and perhaps they will wonder why. Your love for your Lord and Savior will then flow into your love for your neighbor and perhaps will lead to the saving of a fellow friend.

BOTH:
This is the first post from Blogger Community Bible Study. We will try to have a new post every Sunday and will be happy to read your thoughts on our posts. This was created to have fellowship with others and to share feelings about God and the Bible openly so please no profanity or put downs, thanks.