The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Luther examined the Great Commandment, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself' (Luke 10:27) Then he asked himself, What is the Great Transgression? Some answer this question by saying that great sin is murder, adultery, blasphemy, or unbelief. Luther disagreed. He concluded that if the Great Commandment was to love God with all the heart, than the Great Transgression was to fail to love God with all the heart. He saw a balance between great obligations and great sins.
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