Luke 10:25-42 “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Remember this man is all about keeping the letter of the law…he wants eternal life…many of the Pharisees and scribes were obsessed with the subject of eternal life.
They poured over the Scriptures looking for the answer…but the scribe already had the answer…
Love God with your whole being and love your neighbor as you would want to be loved.
These two commandments have been called the “Great Commandment.”
They are found in the law this scribe studied all day long…he would have read to the love God in Deuteronomy 6:4-5…and to love your neighbor in Leviticus 19:18.
When Jesus was asked, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
He responded by saying:
“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40)
These are the two pillars that hold together the Ten Commandments…
The first 4 commandments are about loving God…and the last 6 are about loving others.
Jesus was telling the Scribes and Pharisees…that all the 613 laws that you have been searching…all the prophets you have been studying…are wrapped up into these two commandments
Love God with your all…Love your neighbor as yourself!
Both BTW are impossible without the Spirit of the living God dwelling in you.