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Matthew 22:37

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Matthew 22:37

Verse 37 of 46

Scripture focus

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Matthew 22:37 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 22:37

Theological / Devotional

Love the Lord. Jesus quotes from Deut. 6:5 (see on Luke 10:27). There must first be love in the heart before a person can, in the strength and by the grace of Christ, begin to observe the precepts of God’s law (cf. Rom. 8:3, 4). Obedience without love is as impossible as it is worthless. But where love is present a person will automatically set out to order his life in harmony with the will of God as expressed in His commandments (see on John 14:15 ; 15:10).

All thy heart. Christ’s purpose here in enumerating different parts of one’s being is simply another way of saying that love for God, if truly present, will permeate every aspect of the being.

By SdaBc