A Short Treatise on the Love of God

1st Chapter

And Luke 10: 25 . . . . 37.

And behold, a certain lawyer original: "Wetgeleerde"; a scholar or jurist specializing in the Mosaic Law. stood up to test him, and said: what must I do to inherit eternal life? He said to him: what is written in the Law? How do you read? He answered: 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, (thought, spirit) original: "gedachte, gemoed"; the author provides these terms to capture the full depth of the internal intellect and disposition. and your Neighbor as yourself. He said to him: you have answered well; do that and you shall live. But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus: who then is my Neighbor? and Jesus answered from his own mouth, [concerning the one] who showed mercy to the man lying half-dead This refers to the Parable of the Good Samaritan, where the one who acted with mercy is identified as the true neighbor..

The First Chapter.

1. Life and Death hang upon the Commandment of LOVE, just as Christ the Savior original: "Saligmaker"; literally "the one who makes blessed" or "bringer of salvation." explicitly says: Do this and you shall inherit eternal life; Luke 10: 25... 28. It follows then, that he who does not fulfill this Commandment has but a hollow and testing original: "verfoekende"; implies a religion that merely puts God to the test or is performed for outward show rather than inward devotion. religion: just like the lawyers and scribes who have well known this First and Greatest Commandment from the beginning of the World until now; but even to this day have not done it. As we now see this as clear as day original: "Sonne-klaar"; literally "sun-clear," a common Dutch idiom for something self-evident. in the above words of the Holy Go-