Luke 10:27

Love the Lord with all your heart

Luke 10:27

Hebrews 4:12

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart. (use)

It is difficult to define with any precision the signification of each term used, and much unprofitable labour has been expended in the endeavour to limit their exact sense. (Regarding Matthew 22:37)

Spence-Jones, H.D.M., 1880. The Pulpit Commentary. (use)

Luke 10:25

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (use)

Luke 10:28

And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live." (use)

"the heart of the matter, the heart of man"

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Matthew 15:3

Jesus answered, "And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching? (use)

To praise You is the desire of man, a little piece of Your creation. You stir man to take pleasure in praising You, because You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in You.

Augustine of Hippo. n.d. Confessions, 1.1.1. (use)

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said to him, "Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as people judge. They look at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart." (use)

Jeremiah 4:14

Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart, so that you may be saved. How long will you go on thinking sinful thoughts? (use)

Jeremiah 17:9

Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed. (use)

Matthew 15:18-19

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these are the things that make a person ritually unclean. For from his heart come the evil ideas which lead him to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others. (use)

The seeds of all sins, are in my heart, and perhaps all the more dangerously that I do not see them.

Bonar, A.A., McCheyne, M. 1960. The Life of Robert Murray McCheyne. (use)

Psalm 51:5

I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful. (use)

Hebrews 3:12

My fellow-believers, be careful that no one among you has a heart so evil and unbelieving as to turn away from the living God. (use)

The Tension

No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace.

Henry, M., 1706. Matthew Henry's commentary on the whole Bible (complete). (use)

Exodus 7:3

But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, (use)

Psalm 51:10

Create a pure heart in me, O God, and put a new and loyal spirit in me. (use)

Romans 10:13

For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (use)

I keep trying to find a life on my own apart from You. I’m the king of excuses, I’ve got one for every selfish thing I do. What’s going on inside of me? I despise my own behaviour. This only serves to confirm my suspicions that I’m still a man in need of a Saviour!

DC Talk, 1995. In The Light. Universal Music Catalogue. (use)

Matthew 15:13

"Every plant which my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up," answered Jesus. (use)

The regenerative person

Deuteronomy 30:6

And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. (use)

Because our hearts love sin naturally but have been made new in through the work of the Holy Spirit, we will approach decisions with a variety of motives.

Slayton, S. 2016. Six Tips for Preaching from Proverbs. (use)

1 John 2:15

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (use)

John 14:15

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. (use)

What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; if I were a Wise Man, I would do my part; yet what I can I give him: give my heart.

Rossetti, C., 1872. In the Bleak Midwinter. (use)