Deuteronomy 6
I’m dumbfounded.
Search the Scriptures generally does a pretty good job of focusing our attention and getting us to think. And today’s questions are certainly helpful for considering the Law, encouraging us to remember the Lord when we might be tempted to think that we no longer need Him, or guiding us in promoting faith in our families. Yet I am flabbergasted that nowhere in today’s questions — not even in the notes — is there mention or focus on Deuteronomy 6:5. Really? Yet we know that Jesus Himself says that this verse is the Greatest Commandment and that together with part of Leviticus 19:18 (“love your neighbor as yourself”), all else depends on it. (Matthew 22:36-40; Mark 12:28-34; Luke 10:25-28)
Yes, we should by all means think deeply about all the rest of Deuteronomy 6 (along with the whole of Scripture), but let’s not lose sight of what is at the core:
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
See also: February 23 (2023) / Deuteronomy 5-8