for our friends. Those are the two great
commandments. The Lord is asking us
to give up our life for the sake of the
two great commandments. There is no
greater sacrifice. Listen to this:
One of the teachers of the law came
and heard them debating. Noticing
that Jesus had given them a good
answer, he asked Him, “Of all the
commandments, which is the most
important?”
When a person struggles
to give up something
within that is wrong,
and self-gratifying
because the Lord has
said it is wrong, there is
a laying down of one’s
life for the Lord Himself.
“The most important one,” answered
Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord
our God, the Lord is one. 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: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than
these.”
“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one
and there is no other but him. To love Him v