The Gospel in 60 Seconds - Love and the Great Commandments

Mark 12: 28-31 “Which commandment is the most important of all?”  Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Romans 13: 8-10 “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”  Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Galatians 5; 22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”

1 John 4:7 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

The love of God is given to all of the World and all mankind in that he so loved us that He gave His only Son, Jesus Christ, that whoever believes on Him shall not perish but inherit eternal life.

In Christ we are justified and our sins are washed clean by His blood. By the Holy Spirit of God we are sanctified and we are cleansed and made holy as the Temple of the Living God. In the Spirit we love the Lord our God (Yahweh), with all of our being and we love our fellow man as we love ourselves. We show forth the fruit of the Spirit including love, joy and peace. We love one another for love is from God.