As in yesterday's lesson we learned that the heart, soul and mind are used interchangeably. The heart emphasizing the realm of feelings and emotions. In loving the Lord with our soul, the emphasis is on the will, or the doing part.
Mark 12:30 ‘And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.
In the Old Testament God says, "I will" many times. Every time it is used to show an action. God was going to do something!*
(Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.)
In the New Testament Jesus said "I will" also indicating that he was going to do something.
(Matthew 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.)
When Satan tempted Jesus, he gave him a proposition. "If you will...." Indicating a choice had to be made.(Matthew 4:9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”)
The soul is the place where emotions turn into actions. It is the place where moral decisions are made.
How do we love the Lord with our soul? We have to make a conscious decision. We make that decision based on what we know and how we feel about what we know. And then we act on it.
What will you do?
Joshua 24:15.“And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
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