“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is He the God of the Jews only? And not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is one God, who shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.
Do we then make void the law through faith? It is not so! Rather we establish the law.”
When asked what was the greatest commandment in the law, Jesus replied that the greatest commandment was to love the Lord God with all one’s heart, soul, strength, and mind and that the second commandment was to love one’s neighbour as oneself. He then said that all the Law and the prophets ‘hung upon’ these two commandments.
It is not possible to love God without believing that He is, Who He is, and what He ha...