There is one excellent way for a saved person which he should undertake after salvation. It is great and excellent way because it surpasses all of the law of Moses and the law of the prophets combined. Jesus said, 'You mustlove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and most important commandment. The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments." Mat 22:38-40
To love God and to love our neighbor is the excellent way a saved person should undertake after he got saved.
● How to Love God with all of your heart, mind and soul?
There is no other way to love God except by keeping the commandments. Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments". John 14:15. What exactly the commandment Jesus said are to be keep? What else, no wonder it’s none other than the law in which He did not destroy or abolished but He actually fulfilled them (Mat 5:17 ).
Therefore, a saved person can love God with all of his heart, mind and soul by applying to his own daily Christian living as what the commands or the law that Jesus said, “You have heard that was it said… But now I tell you…”
When Jesus says, “Do not commit adultery” it means “Do not look with a lust”. Looking to opposite sex with a lust is the same as adultery. Therefore, love God by obeying the command that Jesus had told about on the real intent of that command. And that is ,” Do not look with a lust”.
Jesus said, “Do not murder” it means “Do not be angry”. Anger is the same as murder. Therefore love God by obeying the command that Jesus had told about on the real intent of that command. That is, “Do not be angry”.
Notice the three words in the first greatest commandment, “heart, mind and soul”. “ For it is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander”. Mat 15:19. It is very important that we must keep the commandments in our heart because if we will not keep it, there would be more evil thoughts in our mind that will lead us to anger (murder), adulterer, to steal, to become liar. If we not keep the commandments, our thoughts will lead us to break even the least part of the intended commands Jesus speaks.
If a saved person break the first greatest commandment then he is committing the first greatest sin. Not to love God is the first greatest sin.
Therefore let us not forget His commands and make it always as the apple of your eyes:
“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Pro 3:1 -2
“My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Pro 7:1-3
● How to love your neighbor as yourself?
If you want to love your neighbor as yourself you can actually do that practically as in the following:
Do not tell a lie to your neighbor
Do not steal whatever belongs to your neighbor even if it is small of value.
Do not anger-murder. Do not provoke your neighbor to anger.
Do not look with a lust to opposite sex
Do not covet. Be content and enjoy what you have.
Maybe you can guess what the second greatest sin is- love not your neighbor is indeed the second greatest sin.
Understand that the 10 commandments as a whole were really intended for us to love God and to love others. The sum of all the commandments is love.
The excellent way to show that you love God with all of your heart, mind and soul and to show that you love your neighbor as yourself is only through the 10 commandments.
Only love is what God wants from us and only love is all what we need.
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