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- The Tuesday before Christ’s Crucifixion- The Day of Questions.
- The Most Important question ever asked:
- What are the Most Important
Things to God?
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- “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?’ ‘The most important one,’
answered Jesus, ‘is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is
one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love
your …’”
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- ‘“neighbor as yourself.’ There is
no commandment greater than these.”
‘Well said, teacher,’ the man replied. ‘You are right in saying
that God is one and there is no other but him. 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.’ When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely,
he said to him, ‘You …”’
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- “‘are not far from the kingdom of God.’ And from then on no one dared
ask him any more questions.” (NIV)
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- #1 The Purpose of God’s Love is found in 2 Commandments
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- There are 613 Commandments in the Law
- The GREATEST and 1ST COMMANDMENT-LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH
ALL… Deuteronomy 6:4-9
- 2ND- LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF … Leviticus 19:18
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- WITH ALL YOUR HEART-(Cardios) - With Pure Devotion-Faithfully committed
to Him from the center of your mind, emotions and will.
- Colossians 3:22/Matthew 12 &
15
- WITH ALL YOUR SOUL-(Psuche)-Full of Passion, with all your
Personhood.
- Colossians 3:23
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- WITH ALL YOUR MIND (Dianoia)- Thoroughly Considered- Meditation and
Moral Reflection, Knowing and Understanding. Romans 12:1-2/II Cor. 10:5
- WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH (Ischus)- Fully Lived Out –ALL that you do brings
glory to God-Words, Deeds, Activities, Lifestyle.Colossians 3:17,23-24/
I Cor. 6:9-20
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- Agape love Is the Nature & Character of God our Father in Heaven. 1 John 4:7-8
- Agape Love is lived out among us in person through Jesus Christ. John
13:34-35
- Agape Love is Revealed in us by the power and presence of the Holy
Spirit who dwells in us as God’s
chosen people.
Romans 5:5/Galatians 5:22
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- “Do not think that I have come to abolish The Law and The Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to
FULFILL them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of the pen, will by any
means disappear from the law until everything is accomplished.”
- Matthew 5:17-18
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- “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one
another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “Do not commit
adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever
other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love your Neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to its
neighbor. Therefore love is the FULFILL-MENT
OF THE LAW.” -Romans
13:8-10
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- Jesus came to REVEAL the purpose of The Law and The Prophets. (Restoring
us to His Life and His Love-I John 4:7-21)
- Jesus came to FULFILL the purpose of The Law and The Prophets. (Matthew
5:17-20)
- Jesus came to show us how to LIVE out the purpose of The Law and The
Prophets. (Mark 12:28-34)
- Jesus came to PAY the penalty for our sin that The Law and The Prophets
imposed. (Col 2:13-17, GALATIANS 3)
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- #2-The Practice of God’s Love in our Relationships
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- LOVING GOD
- 1 No other gods before ME.
- No Idols in front of ME.
- 3 Do not misuse or speak MY Name
in vain.
- 4 Remember The Sabbath Day and
keep it Holy.
- LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR
- 5 Honor Father and Mother
- 6 Do Not Murder
- 7 Do Not Commit Adultery
- 8 Do Not Steal
- 9 Do Not Bear False Witness
- 10 Do not Covet
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- Luke 10:25-37…
- What were the man’s needs?
- What were the circumstances?
- What does the Samaritan’s man’s response teach us about loving others?
- What did Jesus say about Mercy?
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- Beyond His CULTURAL BARRIERS.
- Beyond His COMFORT LEVEL.
- Beyond His CONVENIENCE.
- Beyond CONSERVING His resources.
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- This is something you will
never see in the news. Here's a tough, but heartwarming story and a
picture of John Gebhardt in Iraq. His wife, Mindy, related that this
little girl's entire family was executed. They intended to execute her
also and shot her in the head, but they failed to kill her. She was
cared for by John's hospital and
is healing, but has been crying and moaning. The nurses said John
is the only one she seems to calm down with, so John has spent the last
four nights holding her while they both sleep in that chair. The girl is
coming along with her healing.
James Gates U.S. Navy
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- “Love does NO wrong to a neighbor.
Therefore love is the FULFILLMENT of the Law.” -ROMANS
13:10-Paul
- AS - “IN EVERYTHING, THEREFORE, TREAT OTHER PEOPLE THE SAME WAY YOU WANT
THEM TO TREAT YOU, FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.”
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-MATTHEW 7:12-Jesus
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- “The entire law is summed up in a SINGLE COMMAND: “Love your neighbor AS yourself.” If you keep on biting and devouring
each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.” -Galatians 5:14-15
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- We are put on this earth, not to
see thru each other, but to see each other through.
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- #3 The Point of God’s Love in the Greatest Commandments
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- “My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes
from God. Everyone who loves is
born of God and experiences a
relationship with God. The one
who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God
is love– so you can’t know Him if you don’t love.”…
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- “This is how God showed His love: God sent His only Son into the world
so we might live through Him.
This it the kind of love we are talking about – not that we once
upon a time loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a
sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they’ve done to our
relationship with God.” -The Message
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- “My dear, dear friends, if God
loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells
deeply within us, and His love becomes complete in us- perfect love!
- God is love. When we take up
permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in
us.”
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- “On These Two Commandments depend the Whole Law and The Prophets.”
- In these two commandments all of God’s purpose for mankind is found.
- If you Love God, you will love OTHERS.
- As you love PEOPLE, you are also loving JESUS.
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- I was Hungry
- I was Thirsty
- I was a Stranger
- I was Naked
- I was Sick
- I was In Prison
- I was….
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