Luke 10:25-28

As Christians who love God why is it still so hard to love others as much as we love ourselves and to honor God with everything....our talents and our income.... every thing that He has supplied. With our mouth we profess our love and devotion but with our money and time....we opt out! Our love for the Triune Godhead results in love for others....for without love it is meaningless!

The man was asking, “What must I do to share in the reward at the resurrection of the righteous at the end?” 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. The theme of love for God with its emphasis on devotion to Jesus. 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.

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.”