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Matthew 22: 34-40- Love Your Neighbor

Read Matthew 22: 34- 40-   Within the realm of Christianity, one of the first verses people learn and what all of Christianity is built is on is John 3: 16.  “For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten son that wh osoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.”   As Jesus is talking to the religious leaders, He gives them the next big cornerstone of Chris tianity when He answered their question about commandments,  ‘And He said to him, “You shall love the  Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This   is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments  depend  all the Law and the Prophets.”’   Jesus is teaching everyone who was listening how to look at their spiritual laws and how they apply to everyday life.  This was a group of people who  definitely considered  themselves bett...