And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?" Luke 10:25,26
Being an expert in the law of Moses he answered and said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, 'and your neighbor as yourself.' "
This is the heart of God's law, not a list of do's and don'ts but a love relationship with your heavenly Father. When one realizes his sins and transgressions against a holy God, he acknowledges his sins and asks forgiveness and then repents by turning away from his iniquities. Once this is accomplished, he is grateful that God has removed his sins as far as the East is from the West!
On these two commandments the law of God is fulfilled, and we are set free to come before God into His holy habitation and enter the very throne of the Most High! Once the blood of Jesus has washed our sins away we begin our journey into His AGAPE (I Corinthians 13:2-8) love!
And Jesus said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you shall live." Luke 10:28
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ