Mark
12:28-34
Religious
Leaders Question
Jesus
about
the Greatest
Commandment
12:28
One of the teachers of the law
came and heard them debating.
Noticing that Jesus had given
them a good answer, he asked him,
"Of all the commandments, which
is the most important?"
29
"The most important one,"
answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear,
O Israel, the Lord our God, the
Lord is one.
30
Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind and with
all your strength.'
31
The second is this: 'Love your
neighbor as yourself. 'There is
no commandment greater than
these."
32
"Well said, teacher," the man
replied. "You are right in saying
that God is one and there is no
other but him.
33
To love him with all your heart,
with all your understanding and
with all your strength, and to
love your neighbor as yourself is
more important than all burnt
offerings and sacrifices."
34
When Jesus saw that he had
answered wisely, he said to him,
"You are not far from the kingdom
of God." And from then on no one
dared ask him any more
questions.
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This
is the Word of the Lord ... It
is meant to change the way
that we think, and the way
that we live.
Commentary
by Bob
Pardue
What
Christ Says about the
Commandments
This is one
of my favorite Bible
passages.
It
clarifies what we were created
and put on earth to
do..
Love God
& Love Each
Other
When you
love God and love others, you are
obeying the Ten Commandments in
their entirety.
It is a
near impossibility to love your
neighbor as yourself and then lie
to them, cheat or steal from
them, kill them and you know the
rest!
This
statement is so simple yet so
difficult to do. It is easy to
love our friends and family but
what about the guy with the
spiked hair and leather pants?
The homeless person who asks for
a hand; The prostitute; The
murderer?
Can we love
all these people as much as we
love ourselves? If you answered
yes then I have to doubt you.
I can't
always answer yes to these
questions which is why I need
Christ to help me and to forgive
me for not following his
command.
Passage
Romans 3:23:23 for all have
sinned and fall short of the
glory of God,
While doing
this commentary, a funny story
came to my mind; A child asked
God in a prayer, "God, is it true
that all the world is your
children and that you love them
all?"
Then he
added, "I only have four in
my family and I have a hard time
loving all of them all the
time!"
It is very
difficult to love each other all
the time but we must at least
make an effort if we are to
follow Jesus.
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Love in
Christ
-
Bob
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never made the commitment to
receive the love and
life-changing experience of Jesus
Christ, please take a moment to
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and take the first
steps
to salvation.
Bob
Pardue
is a member of First Baptist
Church in Lancaster, SC. He is
ordained from Rich Hill Baptist
in Lancaster. The website is at
http://www.makingchristknown.com
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