“Let us not forget, in leaving this passage, to apply the high standard of duty which it contains, to our own hearts, and to prove our own selves.
Do we love God with all our heart, and soul, and strength, and mind?
Do we love our neighbor as ourselves?
Where is the person that could say with perfect truth, “I do?”
Where is the man that ought not to lay his hand on his mouth, when he hears these questions?
Verily we are all guilty in this matter!
The best of us, however holy we may be, come far short of perfection.
Passages like this should teach us our need of Christ’s blood and righteousness.
To Him we must go, if we would ever stand with boldness at the bar of God.
From Him we must seek grace.”
–J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on Luke (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1858/2012), 1: 284. Ryle is commenting on Luke 10:29-37.
