Eternal Life
In the gospel of Luke Jesus was asked, “…what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He asked the lawyer what was written in the law. The lawyer quoted from Deuteronomy a concept that is repeated in several passages in the Old Testament. The writer said that these words should be on their heart, they should be taught to their children, and they should live by these words.
What were the instructions that prompted Jesus to say, “Do this and you will live”?
Love the Lord your God with all your heart soul strength mind
So according to Jesus, if we do this then we will inherit eternal life. Our assumption for now will be that the reader desires eternal life. At a latter time we will explore what that means. For now we will begin to look at this statement since this is the simple truth, if we love god with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind we will inherit eternal life.
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