Luke 10:25-28

God’s agape love fulfills all, renews all, conquers all....when we accept His Son and allow the Holly Spirit to change us precept upon precept into His image.

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. 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 obedience and love for God and your fellow man will be a natural result of placing one’s faith in the Lord.

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.”