In Leviticus, Moses wrote, “. . . but you shall love your neighbor as yourself” (19:18). In Deuteronomy, he wrote, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (6:5). Thousands of years later, Jesus referenced these two commandments, declaring, “On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 22:40).
When we apply the Word of God found in the books of the Law to our lives, our goal isn’t to make a to-do list of things that do and don’t apply to us. Although our culture is vastly different from that of the original audience, our purpose for learning God’s Word is the same. We study the Scriptures so that we might love God with all of our heart and love those around us.
In the first chapter of Genesis, God created man and woman in his image. As his image bearers, he appointed them caretakers of God’s created beings: birds of the air, fish of the sea, and beasts of the fields. This stewardship also included filling the earth with more image-bearers through procreation.
Genesis teaches me that God sees endless potential and glories in infinite variety. It tells me that He loves the world He has made, and made us to enjoy it, and to be its caretakers. It tells me that He made us to be in fellowship with each other and that we can show our love by valuing His gifts to us in the world and in one another.
AMEN ❤️ yes we are to be in fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ! And when the World tells us we can’t! That’s when we need to obey GOD before the authorities. Especially when we aren’t sick. In our country it’s so different from the US. I wish I could live in the US y’all are far more Christian than any other country. It doesn’t seem to matter who your leader is! You as a nation stand out as a Christian nation!