Deuteronomy 6:5. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Does not this show what is the very nature of God? God is love, for he commands us to love him. There was never an earthly prince or king whom I have heard of in whose statute book it was written, "Thou shalt love the king." No; it is only in the statute book of him who is the Lord of life and love that we read such a command as this. To my mind it seems a very blessed privilege for us to be permitted to love One so great as God is. Here it is we find our heaven. It is a command, but we regard it rather as a loving, tender invitation to the highest bliss: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart," - that is, intensely; "and with all thy soul," -that is, most sincerely, most lovingly, "and with all thy might" with all thy energy, with every faculty, with every possibility of thy nature.
Deuteronomy 6:5. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Does not this show what is the very nature of God? God is love, for he commands us to love him. There was never an earthly prince or king whom I have heard of in whose statute book it was written, "Thou shalt love the king." No; it is only in the statute book of him who is the Lord of life and love that we read such a command as this. To my mind it seems a very blessed privilege for us to be permitted to love One so great as God is. Here it is we find our heaven. It is a command, but we regard it rather as a loving, tender invitation to the highest bliss: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart," - that is, intensely; "and with all thy soul," -that is, most sincerely, most lovingly, "and with all thy might" with all thy energy, with every faculty, with every possibility of thy nature.