“You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.”
(Deuteronomy 6:5, WEB)
”You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.”
(Leviticus 19:18, WEB)
Jesus confirmed what God says about relationships by reiterating them in Mark 12:28-31, and by modeling them for us in the way he lived.
”Jesus is the only person who has ever kept the law perfectly.”
(Don Stewart, “What Was Jesus’ Relationship to the Law of Moses?”)
The law that God gave to Moses for the people Israel was a central part of their existence. It was the perfect standard by which they were to conduct their
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