Matthew – the
Gospel of Fulfillment Chapter 22 The Great Commandment
The attempts to trap Jesus continue in this chapter
without success but one of the leaders asked a very good question, “Teacher,
which is the great commandment in the Law?”
Now for the Pharisees, there were 613 commandments that they regarded as
the Law, which they “thought” they were meticulously keeping. So to ask which was the greatest was virtually
an impossible question to answer and to ask without creating a scene unlike
that of the current Presidential debates.
But even this did not faze Jesus. He quoted from the OT book of Deuteronomy,
chapter 6, a passage that should have impacted their lives on a moment by
moment basis (because this was to be on their hearts, taught diligently to
their children, talked about). He
simply said, “Love the Lord Your God with all you heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind. This is the
great and foremost commandment. The
second is like it, ‘You will love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole
Law and Prophets.” Are you living a
Great life?
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