Greatest

Every Wednesday, we review the previous weekend’s message. This past weekend, Jonathan began a new series entitled “Love God. Love People.” He talked about the fact that religious leaders in Jesus’ time had identified 613 rules that people had to follow and then referenced a scene in which Jesus was asked to pick the most important one of all those rules...

Matthew 22

35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:

36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”

37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’

38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

Greatest. The best advice I could ever give you is to do your best to honor God in everything you think, say and do. That is why I love it when Jesus calls this the “greatest” commandment. This commandment isn’t only the greatest in terms of importance it is also the greatest in terms of blessing. As odd as it sounds, God didn’t request our love for His sake ... He requested it for our sake.