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Believer, see Christ's word in Matthew 22- 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Now see WHO Christ directs His word about "the greatest commandment in the law" to and WHY He did so in Matthew 22: The Saduccees (who do not believe in the resurrection of the dead) posed a question about who would be the "resurrection husband" of a woman who had married seven brothers successively after each one died without producing children. Christ responded: 31 “But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ So He is the God of the living, ...

Believer, Christ says in John 14:21- "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” In many places of worship, Christ's "commandments" above for we who follow Him (are under Grace) is being conflated/combined or mixed up with His response to the Pharisee that tested Him with a question in Matthew 22. These ones followed the Law and not Grace: "35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Believer, notice the Pharisee asked: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment IN THE LA...