A Pharisee asked Jesus Christ which is the greatest commandment. Christ answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment (Matthew 22:37-38).
How many of us have given much thought to this greatest commandment? Do you love God? How do you love God? None of us, indeed no one in the flesh, has ever seen God, that is, in his glorified state (except in vision, but not in reality), although of course many saw Jesus Christ when he appeared among mankind in human flesh (John 1:18; I John 4:12; I Timothy 6:16). How can we know if we love God? How is love for God measured?
There are some who speak a great deal about love and God and loving God, and perhaps many are sincere. But the fact is the world does not love God. In fact, Jesus Christ testified that the world, humanity as a whole, hates both him and the Father, who are God (John 7:7; 15:18, 23-24).
Yet not only does God command us to love him, but tells us specifically how to love him and what constitutes love towards him. Learn from the Scriptures what God himself says about love towards him and how to love him.
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