馬可福音12:28-34

12:28 有一個文士來，聽見他們辯論，曉得耶穌回答的好，就問他說：「誡命中哪是第一要緊的呢？」

12:29 耶穌回答說：「第一要緊的就是說：『以色列啊，你要聽，主─我們上帝是獨一的主。

12:30 你要盡心、盡性、盡意、盡力愛主─你的上帝。』

12:31 其次就是說：『要愛人如己。』再沒有比這兩條誡命更大的了。」

12:32 那文士對耶穌說：「夫子說，上帝是一位，實在不錯；除了他以外，再沒有別的上帝；

12:33 並且盡心、盡智、盡力愛他，又愛人如己，就比一切燔祭和各樣祭祀好的多。」

12:34 耶穌見他回答的有智慧，就對他說：「你離上帝的國不遠了。」從此以後，沒有人敢再問他甚麼。

28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" 29 Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel:The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 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. ' 31 The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ' There is no other commandment greater than these." 32 And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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    這位文士雖然沒有直接成為耶穌基督的門徒，卻在對話中感受到他抓住了耶穌所傳的信息的中心，但是若比較兩者對話中對上帝的愛，還是有差異的，耶穌回答得較接近舊約《申命記6:4-5》，和《利未記19:18》，而且我們對上帝的愛是要用靈魂、心志來愛，不光是知識上的愛！雖然耶穌回答文士：「你離上帝的國不遠了。」

    這也再次讓我們想到，我們與上帝之間的關係。必須用靈魂和心志來建立，不是用心智來建立！因為心裡知道祂是上帝還是不夠，必須在靈魂深處和立定志向來愛主上帝，如此的愛才是完全的，才夠回應給上帝，沒有虧欠上帝！

    所以我們的靈命（愛主的生命），不單是建立在知識，更是要從心靈深處與堅定之意志，非愛主不可，而不是完全知道之後才愛主！只要一知道主對我們的愛，就要下定決心跟隨主，永不改變！