A Moment in Biblical Literacy: The Great Commandment

If you were asked to explain and locate in the Bible God's "Great Commandment," could you?

Matthew 22:36-40 

36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"
37 And [Jesus] said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'
38 "This is the great and foremost commandment.
39 "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'
40 "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."

Jesus took the 10 Commandment of Exodus 20, "have no other gods before Me, do not lie, steal, or murder, etc." and summed them up.

Commandments 1-4 summed up -
            Love God with every fiber of your being

Commandments 5-10 summed up --
            Love people just like you already love yourself

Everything God has spoken to us through the Old Testament (Genesis to Malachi) has at its core and call this "Great Commandment."

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