Question 7
What does the law of God require?
Matthew 22:37–40
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Prayer
We thank you Heavenly Father that your Word is a lamp for our feet and a light on our path. And we thank you that your Holy Spirit writes your law in our hearts helping us to love and to obey it. Teach us to love you and to love our neighbor. Help us to live a life that is pleasing in your holy sight. For the glory of your great name. Amen.
Derived and adapted from John Stott’s prayer at the end of his sermon “The Call to Fulfil the Law” on Matthew 5:17–20, recorded 15th October 1989, available from www.allsouls.org.
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