Testing Jesus Luke 10:25-28

This post discusses a lawyer testing Jesus.

‘Testing Jesus’ involves how Jesus answered a Jewish lawyer, Luke 10:25. “And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” This lawyer, an expert on Moses’ Law, did not pose questions on Roman law. Instead, he expected some answer based on the Ten Commandments. Then, this question would cause a conflict with what Jesus taught about the ‘tradition of the elders.’ (This tradition involved a long list of additional commandments made by the Pharisees as to how to keep Moses’ Law. Jesus condemned these traditions—see Mark 7:1-13.)

However, Jesus’ answered with a question, Luke 10:26. “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”

Jesus’ questions provides some lessons.

1.God’s word provides what everyone needs for eternal life.

2.Finding eternal life lies in reading and obeying the scriptures.

Also, the scriptures provide identical answers to everyone.

Then, the lawyer answered Jesus’ questions in summary form, Luke 10:27. “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

In summary, gaining eternal life involves a total commitment to loving God.

Therefore, the emotions and convictions which make up the heart must belong to the Lord. That which exists in eternity, the soul, must love God. Following and obeying the Lord uses our strength. The intellect or the mind must devote itself to pleasing the Lord.

Also, loving your neighbor as yourself makes up  a second important need.

Jesus replied favorably, Luke 10:28. “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” Jesus said doing these things enables one to have eternal life.

Note, these rules apply to the new kingdom established by Jesus as well as the Old Testament (see Deuteronomy 6:50).

So, what did we learn?

1.Complete obedient devotion to loving God will provide us eternal life.

2.God’s word always supplies the keys as to how we gain eternal life.

3.Today, eternal life will result from reading and obeying the word of God.

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