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Devotionals: Deuteronomy 6:5
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV) Jesus identified our verse for today as being the greatest commandment (Matthew 22:36-38). It is the greatest one because it is the most fundamental one. Since there is nothing greater than God, the commandment to love Him is the greatest one. The commandment that Jesus identified as being second, “Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself” (Matthew 22:39), is second because the object of love is not as great as God. What exactly does it…