Luke 10:25-28

God’s agape love covered mankind’s sins. 

No greater love exists than Jesus who gave his life as a ransom in exchange for ours. Through Him the Father gifts mankind the choice of eternal life. The simplicity of the Gospel of salvation gives hope to everyone who enters in faith. In the unity of Holy Spirit we have His power to achieve what we cannot on our own. 

We love others because He first loved us.

GRACE…amazing grace!

In my experience, it is easier to talk about grace, than it is to embrace it.  Just as it is easier to talk about God, than to experience God. It is not easy to fall into the open arms of love. Even so... We will only know grace through the open arms of one another. Terry Hershey “Sabbath Moments”.

Luke 10:25-28

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.”

Deuteronomy 6:5 | You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

The man was trained in the law  of Moses likely a Pharisee to entrap Jesus in argumentation for the purpose of discrediting Him. Since He is conversing with a legal expert, Jesus appeals to the law. These commands reflect the heart of Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God: love of God and love of neighbor. Faithlife Bible.

The question posed by the lawyer is really a challenge, since the verse speaks of the testing of Jesus. To inherit something is to receive it. In other words, the man was asking, “What must I do to share in the reward at the resurrection of the righteous at the end?” The OT basis of this question is the hope of resurrection. Jesus countered the lawyer’s test by having him answer his own question…you shall love the Lord … and your neighbor. The lawyer responded to Jesus’ questions by quoting Deuteronomy 6:5, a text that was recited twice a day by every faithful Jew. This text summarized the central ethical standard of the Law. The basis of the man’s response is an expression of allegiance and devotion that also can be seen as the natural expression of faith, since the total person, heart, soul, strength, and mind, is involved.

Jesus develops the theme of love for one’s neighbor.

Jesus was not saying that righteousness is the result of works. Rather He was saying that love for and obedience to God will be a natural result of placing one’s faith in the Lord. Those who believe in Jesus and follow Him will receive eternal rewards. NKJ Bible.

If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace. But the proud heart of man strives hard against these convictions. Matthew Henry.