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Sometimes we make Christianity feel more complicated than it is.

When people asked Jesus about the greatest commandment, He didn’t offer a long list or a technical explanation. He said:

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart… and love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–39).

That’s it. Not easy—but simple.

The gospel itself carries this same clarity. God loves. We sin. Christ saves. We respond in faith, repentance, and obedience. Even a child can begin to understand it. This is why Jesus could say,

“Let the little children come to me… for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14).

There is a kind of beauty in this simplicity. You don’t need advanced training to follow Jesus. You don’t need to master every difficult passage or resolve every theological tension before you can live a faithful life. The call is clear: trust Him, follow Him, become like Him.

And yet, many of us hesitate. We feel like we need to “figure everything out” before we can really begin. But Scripture consistently invites us to start where we are. To pray simply. To obey what we already know. To love the person in front of us.

If we’re not careful, we can hide behind complexity to avoid obedience.

So here is a good question for all of us this week: what is something simple Jesus has already asked of me that I need to do?

Christianity, at its core, is not a puzzle to solve but a life to live.