Love!
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”-Matthew22:34-40
Jesus said it clearly. The summary, the
heart of everything is to love God and to love one's neighbor. If we
love God, automatically, we love our neighbor. If one loves God but
does not love his/her neighbor, that person does not know love.
Loving God is tantamount to doing His will. And His will is not only
for us to pray, meditate or know Him through the Bible, but also to
love and serve others. Some expressions of love for God are
generosity, kindness, being peaceful, hospitable and so forth. But
these expressions of love cannot be done alone by a single individual
for it requires other people as recipients of it.
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