To Love (agape') is NOT optional...It is a COMMANDMENT!

The "BIG TWO" is the underlying basis of Moses' "BIG 10" and many other "LAWS".

Luke 10...Jesus answers the unbelieving lawyer's questions...

 25 And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying,
"Teacher, what shall I (the lawyer) do to inherit eternal life?"

 26 And He (Jesus) said to him, (an answer with a question!)
"What is written in the Law? (The Law of Moses!) How does IT read to you?"

 27And he (the lawyer) answered,
(BIG ONE:)
 "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART (spirit), AND
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL (personality), AND
WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, (body)
AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; (emotions+reason+decision)....AND

(BIG TWO:)
(YOU SHALL LOVE) YOUR NEIGHBOR AS (just like) YOURSELF."

 28 And He (Jesus) said to him (the lawyer),
"You have answered correctly;
DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."

 29 But wishing to justify himself, he (the lawyer) said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

ANSWER: Read: The Good Samaritan Story which answers by story and illustration.

The TRI-UNE God LOVES (agape') us sinners...enough to save us through the saving sacrifice
of Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ, The Messiah, The God-Man.
...both before and after our salvation.

How do we return that LOVE (agape')???...OBEY!

Jesus commanded his disciples to love each other: John 13:34-35; John 15
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,
     even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples,
     if you have love for one another.”
...apart from me you can do nothing....
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love,
just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in His love.
12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
 14 You are my friends if you do what I command.

1 John 2:5
3 By this we know that we have come to know Him (Jesus), if we keep His commandments.
4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the LOVE of God has truly been perfected (made mature). By this we know that we are in Him:
6 the one who says he ABIDES in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.