Our paragraph topic is: (The great commandment) Part 7.
Here they were the great scholars and the masters of the Law before Christ attempting to trick him with their knowledge of the Law which was handed down to their forefathers from God on one side and there was Christ teaching them from the mouth of God the truth of the Law on the other side. What a contradiction it was. They could not see or understand who stood before them, Christ giving them every opportunity to have their eyes opened.
Here they were the great scholars and the masters of the Law before Christ attempting to trick him with their knowledge of the Law which was handed down to their forefathers from God on one side and there was Christ teaching them from the mouth of God the truth of the Law on the other side. What a contradiction it was. They could not see or understand who stood before them, Christ giving them every opportunity to have their eyes opened.
It is said that some people even when faced with the truth refuse to allow themselves to believe what reality presents to them. Instead they create false reasons and rationales to continue to support their internal belief systems they have created for themselves. The Pharisees had the first commandment. They knew and understood it well. It was Christ who had to introduce them to the second commandment upon which the Law is based. And he told them: "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."
Love was the basis for the Law. Love the Lord with thy whole heart and soul and mind. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Be good to one another. For the life we live today we will live in heaven with our heavenly father. There will be no strife. There will be no anger, no hatred, no fear, no doubt, no darkness as we know it on earth. We will live in the light of the Lord our God and he will provide all our needs. Our happiness comes from and flows through him. We will be fulfilled in peace and harmony with the Lord.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
