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Now, Israel, what does the Lord (YHWH) your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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When Jesus was asked what the foremost commandment of all was He responded by quoting from the book of Deuteronomy which says: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord (YHWH) our God, the Lord is one! And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” {Deut.6:4-5}

As an aside, Jesus quoted from that book over and over, more than any other in the Hebrew bible with the possible exception of the Psalms!

The key to understanding all of that, both of those statements, is seen in the Hebrew word, ‘kol’ (כּוֹל) which means —”ALL”—not some, not much, and not even most, but ALL! Interestingly, when Jesus quoted that foremost command {Mat.22:37} He said, ‘ALL’ which in the New Testament is the Greek word, ‘holos’ (ὅλος} which again does not mean ‘some, much, or most’, but ALL!

The beautiful hymn, ‘I Surrender All’—which unfortunately is not as often heard today as it once was—was written by Judson Van DeVenter, born in 1855. As I have traveled and preached in many places I have often asked the congregation to sing that song before I started the message, but then cautioned them not to sing those words if they did not truly mean them! We are indeed responsible for every word that comes forth from our mouth. {Matt.12:36}

Perhaps we should all take a moment and consider this glorious truth; it is ALL His. That could not be more clear than when David spoke these words: “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it. {Ps.24:1}

We own nothing! David wrote that the heavens, the moon and the stars, the works of His hands {Ps.8:3} as well as the earth are all His. But we have been entrusted by the Lord with everything. He continued saying that He has given us dominion over the works of His hands. {Ps.8:6} It should be very clear to us ever since mankind was booted out of the Garden of Eden that we humans have done an extremely poor job of taking care of His work!

And remember what the Holy Spirit had the apostle Paul teach us:

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

TEST EVERYTHING BY THE WORD OF GOD