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An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap him by asking, "Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?" 26 But Yeshua said to him, "What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?" 27 He answered, "You are to love ADONAI your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 "That's the right answer," Yeshua said. "Do this, and you will have life." 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yeshua, "And who is my `neighbor'?" 36 Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the `neighbor' of the man who fell among robbers?" 37 He answered, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Yeshua said to him, "You go and do as he did." Yeshua is showing him that if you honestly have love in your heart, the love and will of the God everyone is your neighbor. If we truly have Him dwelling within we would have stopped and helped the man because we have the love of Messiah within. The rabbi was also quoting from the Tanakh, but in the parable Yeshua showed it was not the letter of His instruction but the intent of them is to teach us how to love. Just as Messiah has shown mercy to us we should show the same to all, if He can extend His grace over us should we not also do the same to others? He leads us still by His examples of mercy, grace, love, compassion. Salvation is free when we accept His freely given gift to us. shalom, Mizz Do you love thy Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind? If not, I would like to know how close you are to getting there. Let me ask you the same thing, are you a believer in the one True God and the Son He sent to take the penalty of death upon Himself at the cross and reconcile us back to Himself? Do you believe in God, the Messiah, do you confess His name? I do love YHWH, His Son Yeshua and I try with my whole being to do as He wishes, to serve Him as He calls me. My heart is the seat of my will, in hebraic thought the heart is the seat of ones will and thought and we are to align ours with the Fathers. " Let me ask you the same thing" How is what you asked me the same as I asked you? I am a believer in the one True God and the Son He sent to redeem and save His people from their sins and full fill the Will of God His Father and the Scriptures of Truth by His death on the cross and His resurrection from the grave. "Do you believe in God, the Messiah, do you confess His name?" More than ye do. "I do love YHWH, His Son Yeshua and I try with my whole being to do as He wishes, to serve Him as He calls me. My heart is the seat of my will, in hebraic thought the heart is the seat of ones will and thought and we are to align ours with the Fathers." Do you believe he will accept your effort an love for him? Oh ok so you love Him more than I or anyone else, I get it. Please lets not play that or any other game. Do you not believe that God accepts our love? Does a father not accept his child's love even when the disobey? doesn't a father love a child who comes to him and tells him of their wrongs and repents of those wrongs? Yes I certainly do think that God accepts the love I have for Him, just as He accepted me as the sinner I was and am. Teshuvah is more than just saying 'I'm sorry', trying to make a few changes, and then goes back and keeps doing the same thing again and again expecting that we will not be chastized for our behavior, teshuvah is returning to Him, running back to the arms of the Father. Are you angry with me? Did I do any wrong to you? The burden of proof is upon the accuser. I have not accused you of anything. If you do not want to answer my questions then please do not say things to me that will provoke me to ask you questions concerning what you said to me. Thank you. You seem to be responding to something non-existant, I have not accused nor asked anything accusatory I was responding to your thoughts and questions. What burden of proof is it that you think is needed? You posted about Luke 10, ask if this is the complete law of salvation and now its done to I am somehow accusing you of something. You ask about obstacles to overcome yet I am somehow I am doing something to you instead of trying to dialogue with you. You ask me me this, "I would like to know how close you are to getting there" yet somehow now I have some kind of burden to prove something to you. Take a breath please and reread the thread and then try and show me where I accused you of anything. If you are here to play games, it won't last long, if you are here to create division it will not last long. Try again, try asking what it is you came here to ask. If you ask a guestion such as this "Do you believe he will accept your effort an love for him?" and I answer I am suddenly accusing you of something. On an open forum expect people to answer back, if that is not your purpose here then why are you here? shalom, Mizzdy Do you believe any of this you have said to me can change the Truth into your favor with God?

An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap him by asking, "Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?" 26 But Yeshua said to him, "What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?" 27 He answered, "You are to love ADONAI your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 "That's the right answer," Yeshua said. "Do this, and you will have life." 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yeshua, "And who is my `neighbor'?" 36 Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the `neighbor' of the man who fell among robbers?" 37 He answered, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Yeshua said to him, "You go and do as he did." Yeshua is showing him that if you honestly have love in your heart, the love and will of the God everyone is your neighbor. If we truly have Him dwelling within we would have stopped and helped the man because we have the love of Messiah within. The rabbi was also quoting from the Tanakh, but in the parable Yeshua showed it was not the letter of His instruction but the intent of them is to teach us how to love. Just as Messiah has shown mercy to us we should show the same to all, if He can extend His grace over us should we not also do the same to others? He leads us still by His examples of mercy, grace, love, compassion. Salvation is free when we accept His freely given gift to us. shalom, Mizz Do you love thy Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind? If not, I would like to know how close you are to getting there. Let me ask you the same thing, are you a believer in the one True God and the Son He sent to take the penalty of death upon Himself at the cross and reconcile us back to Himself? Do you believe in God, the Messiah, do you confess His name? I do love YHWH, His Son Yeshua and I try with my whole being to do as He wishes, to serve Him as He calls me. My heart is the seat of my will, in hebraic thought the heart is the seat of ones will and thought and we are to align ours with the Fathers. " Let me ask you the same thing" How is what you asked me the same as I asked you? I am a believer in the one True God and the Son He sent to redeem and save His people from their sins and full fill the Will of God His Father and the Scriptures of Truth by His death on the cross and His resurrection from the grave. "Do you believe in God, the Messiah, do you confess His name?" More than ye do. "I do love YHWH, His Son Yeshua and I try with my whole being to do as He wishes, to serve Him as He calls me. My heart is the seat of my will, in hebraic thought the heart is the seat of ones will and thought and we are to align ours with the Fathers." Do you believe he will accept your effort an love for him? Oh ok so you love Him more than I or anyone else, I get it. Please lets not play that or any other game. Do you not believe that God accepts our love? Does a father not accept his child's love even when the disobey? doesn't a father love a child who comes to him and tells him of their wrongs and repents of those wrongs? Yes I certainly do think that God accepts the love I have for Him, just as He accepted me as the sinner I was and am. Teshuvah is more than just saying 'I'm sorry', trying to make a few changes, and then goes back and keeps doing the same thing again and again expecting that we will not be chastized for our behavior, teshuvah is returning to Him, running back to the arms of the Father. Are you angry with me? Did I do any wrong to you? The burden of proof is upon the accuser. I have not accused you of anything. If you do not want to answer my questions then please do not say things to me that will provoke me to ask you questions concerning what you said to me. Thank you.

An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap him by asking, "Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?" 26 But Yeshua said to him, "What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?" 27 He answered, "You are to love ADONAI your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 "That's the right answer," Yeshua said. "Do this, and you will have life." 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yeshua, "And who is my `neighbor'?" 36 Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the `neighbor' of the man who fell among robbers?" 37 He answered, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Yeshua said to him, "You go and do as he did." Yeshua is showing him that if you honestly have love in your heart, the love and will of the God everyone is your neighbor. If we truly have Him dwelling within we would have stopped and helped the man because we have the love of Messiah within. The rabbi was also quoting from the Tanakh, but in the parable Yeshua showed it was not the letter of His instruction but the intent of them is to teach us how to love. Just as Messiah has shown mercy to us we should show the same to all, if He can extend His grace over us should we not also do the same to others? He leads us still by His examples of mercy, grace, love, compassion. Salvation is free when we accept His freely given gift to us. shalom, Mizz Do you love thy Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind? If not, I would like to know how close you are to getting there. Let me ask you the same thing, are you a believer in the one True God and the Son He sent to take the penalty of death upon Himself at the cross and reconcile us back to Himself? Do you believe in God, the Messiah, do you confess His name? I do love YHWH, His Son Yeshua and I try with my whole being to do as He wishes, to serve Him as He calls me. My heart is the seat of my will, in hebraic thought the heart is the seat of ones will and thought and we are to align ours with the Fathers. " Let me ask you the same thing" How is what you asked me the same as I asked you? I am a believer in the one True God and the Son He sent to redeem and save His people from their sins and full fill the Will of God His Father and the Scriptures of Truth by His death on the cross and His resurrection from the grave. "Do you believe in God, the Messiah, do you confess His name?" More than ye do. "I do love YHWH, His Son Yeshua and I try with my whole being to do as He wishes, to serve Him as He calls me. My heart is the seat of my will, in hebraic thought the heart is the seat of ones will and thought and we are to align ours with the Fathers." Do you believe he will accept your effort an love for him?

An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap him by asking, "Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?" 26 But Yeshua said to him, "What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?" 27 He answered, "You are to love ADONAI your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 "That's the right answer," Yeshua said. "Do this, and you will have life." 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yeshua, "And who is my `neighbor'?" 36 Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the `neighbor' of the man who fell among robbers?" 37 He answered, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Yeshua said to him, "You go and do as he did." Yeshua is showing him that if you honestly have love in your heart, the love and will of the God everyone is your neighbor. If we truly have Him dwelling within we would have stopped and helped the man because we have the love of Messiah within. The rabbi was also quoting from the Tanakh, but in the parable Yeshua showed it was not the letter of His instruction but the intent of them is to teach us how to love. Just as Messiah has shown mercy to us we should show the same to all, if He can extend His grace over us should we not also do the same to others? He leads us still by His examples of mercy, grace, love, compassion. Salvation is free when we accept His freely given gift to us. shalom, Mizz Do you love thy Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind? If not, I would like to know how close you are to getting there. Do you repent and believe? (Mk 1:15; Jn 3:15, 16, 36)) I obey this; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. You cannot obey this; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And not repent. Is there anything more that I need to do?

An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap him by asking, "Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?" 26 But Yeshua said to him, "What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?" 27 He answered, "You are to love ADONAI your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 "That's the right answer," Yeshua said. "Do this, and you will have life." 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Yeshua, "And who is my `neighbor'?" 36 Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the `neighbor' of the man who fell among robbers?" 37 He answered, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Yeshua said to him, "You go and do as he did." Yeshua is showing him that if you honestly have love in your heart, the love and will of the God everyone is your neighbor. If we truly have Him dwelling within we would have stopped and helped the man because we have the love of Messiah within. The rabbi was also quoting from the Tanakh, but in the parable Yeshua showed it was not the letter of His instruction but the intent of them is to teach us how to love. Just as Messiah has shown mercy to us we should show the same to all, if He can extend His grace over us should we not also do the same to others? He leads us still by His examples of mercy, grace, love, compassion. Salvation is free when we accept His freely given gift to us. shalom, Mizz Do you love thy Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind? If not, I would like to know how close you are to getting there.

Hi, thenjduke, and welcome to the group! I think this is an example of the rabbinic method of teaching. Jesus' purpose was to answer him in a way that would lead the man to see his own obstacle to eternal life. I see the same method used by Jesus with the rich man in Mt 19:16-26. I understand it this way: 1) The desire of the law expert was to try Jesus, rather than desire to be instructed by him. It was to him a matter of dispute with Jesus. He came to Jesus to test him, so he could know who he really was; but Jesus instead tests him, so he can know who he himself really is. 2) When Jesus said "do this and you will live," the man realized that Jesus intended to get him to admit that "he had not done this." But that's not where the expert wanted the conversation to go. He was not there to discuss his sin, he was there to justify himself (v.29). So he directed a different question to Jesus, one where he might fare better in his track record, "And who is my neighbor?" 3) Jesus procedes to show him that, contrary to common Jewish belief at the time, good neighborliness did not stop at the borders of their nation and religion. 4) I observe here that in his answer to Jesus' question about who was really the neighbor in the parable, the expert in the law could not bring himself to say, "The Samaritan was," so he replied, "The one who had mercy on him." 5) Jesus answered him in a way that would lead the man to see his sin, rather than just give him information. So to answer your question: Jesus did not answer him with information on the law of God's salvation, he answered him with a probe to show him who he really was, and that his obstacle to eternal life was his sin, not lack of information on the law of God's salvation. Jesus showed him that his obstacle to eternal life was his sin. What did Jesus tell him to do to overcome that obstacle?

Luke, Chapter 10 25: And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26: He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27: And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28: And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.