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NASB | Mark 12:30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 12:30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL (life), AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND (thought, understanding), AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' [Deut 6:4, 5] |
Bible Question: Lets have some discussion on what it means to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. How do we do this? |
Bible Answer: Please consider that we love God by loving one another. The way to show love for God is to obey his commandment (Exodus 20:6, 1 John 5:3). And his command is that we love one another (John 13:34; Romans 13:9). Love means giving (John 3:16; James 2:16). But there is nothing we can give to God (Psalm 24:1; Psalm 50:12;). Everything comes from him (Acts 17:25; 1 Timothy 6:17; James 1:17). But God has obligated himself to give to his people and he allows us to be a part of this. He gives to us so we can share. So we love God by giving of what he has given us (Hebrews 13:16) including spiritual things (1 Corinthians 4:1,2) to other people. As to how we do it, the words are “with all our heart and soul and mind”. Some verses add or substitute “all our strength”. It indicates that we should do it joyfully, with no reservation. We should be glad to do it, and we should do our best. Add to that we are to love ourselves. In other words, I am myself one of the people God wants me to love. But we must treat all people equally, including ourselves. If we can do that, then we are fulfilling all God’s requirements. It might be useful to consider each of the instruments of love: heart, soul, strength, mind. But it seems to me that includes everything: body, soul and spirit; in other words, our entire selves. One additional thought. Our hearts are deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9). Our strength is small (2 Corinthians 12:9). Our human minds lack wisdom (James 1:5). We must depend on God to shed his love abroad in our hearts (Romans 5:5) and then to share it with others (1 John 4:7). It is God’s love that we share, and since we have received it freely, we can give it freely (Matthew 10:8). What if people don’t receive it? That is what they did when God loved us through Jesus Christ. But he gave his life for them anyway. Greater love hath no man than this. In other words, no man can do any better, even if he devotes all of his heart and soul and strength and mind to it. You ask how we can do it. We would not be able to answer the question if Jesus had not come and shown us. Look at how he did it. He laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren (John 3:16; 1 John 3:16). |
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