...as they honour the Father.' Surely it is essential to our principles, for while the Bible demands of us to love the Lord our God with all our heart and all our soul, the same Word declares that the ' love of Christ constraineth us,' and 'if any man love...

...had asked Him "Which is the first commandment of all ?" The Lord's answer was plain and direct : — To love the Lord our God with all our heart and mind and soul and strength is the first commandment ; and there is a second commandment like unto it, " Thou shall love...

...made with Adam, it may be said that there is no reference to the great commandment, which requires us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and soul, and strength, and mind. We are not, however, to suppose that Adam was released from obedience...

...speaking, indeed, the moral law never can be kept in a slavish or mercenary spirit; for that law requires us to love the Lord our God, with all our heart, -and in proportion as such love prevails, will the slavish spirit be eliminated. True, indeed, believers...

...'Sin is the transgression of the law] i John iii. 4. This 'law,' as interpreted by our Lord, enjoins us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and soul, and strength, and mind, and our neighbour as ourselves, Matt. xxii. 37-39. 2. It is sin to 'leave...

...main spring, the guiding end of all our life, and all our desires, and all our deeds. That we love THE LORD OUR GOD with all our heart, and mind, and soul, and strength, and our NEIGHBOUR as ourselves. This is the standard. Nothing less, nothing more than this....

...benefit sole ly of his children, with all - of whom we unite to call upon him. No ; this prayer teaches us to ' love the Lord our God with all our heart,' and all mankind ' as ourselves.' We are taught to postpone our requests for ourselves and our fellow Christians,...

...the sin of the life, the sin of forgetfulness of our God, we feel in ourselves we have not loved the Lord our God with all our heart, and mind, and soul, and strength — the sin which proved Jesus' great love to us, and led Him to leave His bright home in...

...in ver. 16, and declared to be the one essential law by our Lord Jesus Christ. If we really love the Lord our God with all our heart, and mind, and soul, and strength, all righteousness will be sure to follow, and work itself out in all our conduct, and in...

...you, that ye love one another," there is any overlooking of that greater command-ment, which requires us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our-mind; for along with this seeming oversight, the words "that ye...