How do you come to know your misery?
The law of God tells me.
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What does God’s law require of us?
Christ teaches us this in summary in Matthew 22:37-40:
“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment.
“And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
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Can you live up to all this perfectly?
No. I have a natural tendency to hate God and my neighbor.