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{12:28} And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first
commandment of all?
{12:29} And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
{12:30} And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
commandment.
{12:31} And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
{12:32} And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
{12:33} And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
{12:34} And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
The truth.
One God.
So why do so many want to say there are many gods? Why is there such a revival of worshipping 'goddesses'? Why do we to worship the son, the moon, the stars they are only things. Why are people invoking nature as if nature itself could help them? Why do people go to 'dark magic' calling upon satan himself to be their god? Lies! It's all lies and they believe in them desperately. They believe on them and they say others should as well, and they cry out that their way is the best way, the true way. They are filled with deception, believing in lies thinking them truth.
The truth first and foremost is that there is only ONE God!
The truth is we are to love the one and only true God with all our heart, with all our understanding, with all our soul.
Truth.
People can flounder and grasp at lies and coat the lies in a false truth all they want and it will never become the truth.
One truth.
One God.
Loving God first, and loving our neighbor second. Loving our neighbors as we would be loved.
The truth.
All that means more than any other sacrifices we could make. It means more than any show of works we could ever do. The richest showing is meaningless and holds no sway with God, there is no buying God's favor in any way at all. The poorest of the poor who loves God and his neighbor is the richest with God. This is truth.
The truth is every man can believe in the truth, it's not out of the reach of any. It doesn't take fine clothes, large offerings of money, it doesn't take beauitiful hair dos, fancy sculpted nails, fine leather shoes... none of the things men call riches on earth, none of the things held in high esteem here mean anything at all. Those who are rich in material possessions will find it the hardest to find the truth because they are so caught up in the thing people praise and not the things God praises.
The truth.
Jesus told the scribe that he wasn't far from the kingdom of God.
The truth.
We need the truth.
One God to love.
Loving your fellowman.
It is grace and truth that saves.
The grace Jesus offers us all is a saving grace. The truth Jesus offers is a saving truth.
By our Lord and Savior's grace and mercy may we all hold fast to the truth, the only truth in Him.
Amen.
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