| “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.” – Mark 12:30 |
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| Jesus is being QUESTIONED, EXAMINED if you will, by the religious leaders at the temple. In Mark 12:28 a scribe presents one of the questions that is greatly debated among the religious leaders asking Jesus WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT? This was a pretty good question to ask as there were 613 laws or commandments and within those 613 were the Ten Commandments. One can imagine the interest at this moment as to what Jesus would say. What was His answer? Starting at Mark 12:29 He answered, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. 30 ‘And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 “And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” What was His answer as we seek to discover truth to apply to our lives? I don’t mean to oversimplify but I think we can sum up His answer with LOVE GOD! LOVE PEOPLE! LOVE GOD! LOVE PEOPLE! Love God because He first loved you! Love people even if they don’t love you back. LOVE GOD!! LOVE PEOPLE!! As we review the past and look to the future with a new year before us what have been your priorities and what will your priorities be? Where does your relationship with God fall on your list of priorities? Where does your relationship with people fall on your list of priorities? Verse to DATE the Word on December 30 (12/30) is Mark 12:30. It says, “And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. (31 “And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”) Continue Strong INCREASING in your LOVE FOR GOD and LOVE FOR PEOPLE And remember to DATE THE WORD |