Mat 22:40  All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

Jesus said this immediately after he said the two most important commandments was to love God and to love others.  This statement completes what was said.  The Bible contains the law and is completely written by Prophets.  So if somebody is trying to tell you something based on the Bible and it doesn’t contain love, then the person telling you this is a false teacher.  If you hear a sermon without love, then he is a false preacher.  Love has to be the basis for all activities centered around the Bible.

This should be a test indicating that it is a true message or not.  The other dimension of this statement is that you need to know what love is and what it is not.  Examples of this is

1.  Accountability could either be an act of love or a means of controlling people.
2. Criticism can either be an act of love or be frustrating to the other person.
3.  There are other examples where the person you are associating with might have good intentions but results are harmful.

This is a short list on where using love with the right motives may be This part of the commandments require a special discernment from God to truly understand what this part of the commandment means.  When people try to teach you something or with your interactions with other people one needs direction and discernment from God.  The God of truth and love will tell you how true the message is.  He gives you discernment or place someone around you that can discern.

That is the final concept that I want to look at.  It is our interactions with other people which demonstrates our capacity to love.  To love God and to love others is hard to do.  It is especially hard to put on paper.  How do we do this when you can’t see him.  How do you love others when you see so much is wrong with them and they just irritate you.  Reading scripture and following  their advice is a good start.  Praying so be able to see is what God sees and to get God thoughts in you is a great start.  Reading God’s word is another part of the process.  Our interaction with people is the activity which requires the most repentance.

Just like every other part of this discussion of what love is, my mind is limited.  I don’t have all the answers or even all the questions.  It is important for each person to meditate on the different aspects of God’s love with respect to yourself.  Each person needs to spend time establishing your own relationship with God and with each other.  I would like to do that, but I can’t.  Whoops, I need to repent of that.