“What is more, if we are to understand our Master\u2019s words, we must realize what He meant by using the word \u201clove.\u201d All too often in our modern era, \u201clove\u201d is understood as an emotion, and surely emotion played a part in Yeshua\u2019s understanding of the concept of \u201clove.\u201d However, in the Scriptures, the concept of \u201clove\u201d is far more weighted on the side of \u201cfaithful actions\u201d or \u201cloyalty to one\u2019s word and promises.\u201d For instance, in the Shema (Deut 6:4f; 11:13f), the command to \u201clove the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might\u201d is immediately defined in terms of how one is to love: \u201cThese words which I am commanding you today shall be on your heart\u2026,\u201d meaning that the commandments of God are to govern one\u2019s actions and deeds. Keeping the commandments is therefore the manner in which one loves God. This is explicitly stated by Yeshua and His Apostles: If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. (John 14:15)” – Tim Hegg<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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