Not long ago I heard a pastor tell the congregation that the great commandment was to love your neighbor as yourself. Naturally, I almost fell out of the pew. I keep quoting this Scripture; let me do it again:
[34] But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came together.
[35] And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
[36] "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
[37] And he 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 first commandment.
[39] And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
[40] On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets." Matthew 22:34-40 RSV
We need to be constantly in prayer, do we not, even as we go about our daily activities. We need ALWAYS to be in communication with the Lord. Why do so many Christians seem to be unaware of that? Certainly the Lord has feelings. Does he enjoy being ignored?
[34] But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came together.
[35] And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
[36] "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
[37] And he 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 first commandment.
[39] And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
[40] On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets." Matthew 22:34-40 RSV
We need to be constantly in prayer, do we not, even as we go about our daily activities. We need ALWAYS to be in communication with the Lord. Why do so many Christians seem to be unaware of that? Certainly the Lord has feelings. Does he enjoy being ignored?