BA21
We are to love the Lord Our God & Messiah Yeshua.
We are to love the Lord our God
We are to love Messiah Yeshua
Category: God & Yeshua
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Not unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- John 14:15
- John 14:21-23
- John 21:15-17
- Matthew 10:37
- Matthew 22:37-38
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Colossians 3:14
- 1 Corinthians 2:9
- 1 Corinthians 8:3
- 1 Corinthians 14:1
- 2 Corinthians 6:6
- Ephesians 1:4
- Ephesians 3:16-17
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Galatians 5:22-23
- 1 John 3:17-18
- 1 John 4:19-21
- 1 John 5:1-3
- Mark 12:30-31
- Revelation 2:4
- Revelation 2:19
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8
- 2 Timothy 1:13
Supportive OT Scriptures
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Deuteronomy 5:9-10
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Deuteronomy 6:5-9
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Deuteronomy 7:9
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Deuteronomy 10:12
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Deuteronomy 11:1
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Deuteronomy 11:22-23
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Deuteronomy 13:4-5
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Deuteronomy 30:6
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Deuteronomy 30:16
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Exodus 20:5-6
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
With Yeshua having now returned to Heaven, loving God the Father and Yeshua (also the Holy Spirit) are essentially the same. All three are people of God and spirit beings, and a question often raised is how we can love a spirit being. As in the case of Mitzvah DA24 (Loving Our Brother & Neighbor), the love we are commanded for God and Yeshua in the Greek New Testament is “ἀγαπήσε” (“ agape ”) and it is ָּ֥ וְ א ָֽ הַ בְ ת (“ v’ahavta, ”) for God in the Tanakh . This kind of love does not imply emotion or feeling, but rather sacrificial responsibility. In the case of our brother and neighbor, that responsibility is to do what is in their best interest, but in the case of God and Yeshua, it is to be obedient. Love and obedience are connected throughout the Scriptures, and never clearer than Yeshua’s words in John 14:15: “If you love me, you will keep my commands.” That notwithstanding, there is a relational component of loving God that must never be forgotten; it is having love for our Heavenly Father as we are his children.
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