“It seems to you that you have understood the divine Scriptures, or any part of them, in such a way that by this understanding you do not build up this twin love of God and neighbor, then you have not yet understood them.” - Augustine
When asked what was the greatest commandment in the whole law, Jesus said “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 22:37-40).”
As James reminds us, faith without works is dead (James 2:26). Understanding Scripture is not evidenced solely in our interpretation, but in being a hearer and doer of God’s Word (James 1:22).
Lord, may our lives be built up with the twin love of God and neighbor. In Christ’s name, amen.
Learning,
AB