Luke 10:25-28

Love is eternal…. love God with everything that you have and love others as much as you do yourself. 

The simplicity of the gospel sounds easy enough to accomplish. most of us have no problem professing our love for God in Jesus Christ but have a very hard time showing His love for others that are not in our circle of friends or family.

What good is it to love only those who love you…you have received your reward.

We need to give to others without thought of receiving something in return and show love and forgiveness to those who do not love us….it is God’s command. if we show his love in our actions others will see it and they will be drawn to him.

How many times must we show mercy? Too numerous to count according to  the teachings of Jesus. 

We cannot earn heaven but faith without showing God’s love for all people is questionable.

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 and others 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.”

⁵ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 

Deuteronomy 6:5

¹⁸ You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. 

Leviticus 19:18

¹⁹ ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ” 

Matthew 19:19

²⁹And testified against them, That You might bring them back to Your law. Yet they acted proudly, And did not heed Your commandments, But sinned against Your judgments, ‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’ And they shrugged their shoulders, Stiffened their necks, And would not hear. 

Nehemiah 9:29