Christian Age Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength… The Rev. M. Jeanmarie, a widely known French Protestant pastor, has recently passed away. The story of his conversion appears in the continental journals, and is a fine example of the power of the Word of God. He was at the time a preceptor in a family of the House of Hohenlohe and a rationalist. A neighbouring preacher asked him to supply for him. He declined on the plea of "How could he preach what he did not believe?" "What! not believe in God?" "Yes, I do that." "And surely you believe that man should love Him?" "Doubtless." "Well, then, preach on the words of Jesus, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and mind, and strength.'" "I will try, just to oblige you." He thought over the words, and took note: — 1. We must love God, and the reasons thereof. 2. We must love Him with all our powers in very deed; nothing short of this could satisfy God. 3. But do we thus love God?... "No!" and then said he, "Without any previously formed plan I was brought to add, 'We need a Saviour.' At that moment a new light broke upon my soul; I understood that I had not loved God, that I needed a Saviour, that Jesus was that Saviour: and I loved Him and clung to Him at once. On the morrow I preached the sermon, and the third head was the chief — viz., the need of Jesus, and the necessity of trusting to such a Saviour." (Christian Age.) Parallel Verses KJV: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. |
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