The simplicity of the Gospel is man's undoing. Everyone has the resources to fulfill God's command but few of us can get past our emotional baggage and social thinking to actually do it. Love fulfills the law. How can any command be as easy to understand or harder to accomplish. And who are we to love? Everyone, it is as short and sweet as that!
The question posed by the lawyer is really a challenge, since the verse speaks of the testing of Jesus. This is a similar, though probably distinct, event from Matt. 22:34–40; Mark 12:28–34. To inherit something is to receive it. This text summarized the central ethical standard of the Law.
How to Inherit Eternal Life
10:25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?"
27 So he answered and said, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"
28 And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live."
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