“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:36-40)
In other words, love God and love others; everything else will fall into place.
You run into trouble when the everything else becomes more important than the love. You’re communicating the message, that to Jesus, the everything else is more important than the love.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
You’re not winning anyone to Jesus talking about the everything else; you’re winning people to Jesus when you love.
DARIN MICHAEL SHAW 