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Introduction:
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3 questions meant to entangle Jesus
-Several weeks ago we talk about the Great Commission, now we will discuss the Great Commandments
-Life has a way of getting away from us sometimes
-We get busy, we don’t slow down and self-assess
-Satan primary tool in a christian life is not killing and murder; it is just simple “distracting” us from our primary focus.
-All of us have been guilty of looking back over our life and saying “what was I thinking about for that 2-year period” …I let less important things distract me from what should be my highest priority
-Those who are most successful in the Christian life are those people who are able to cut through minor issues and problems, and keep their eyes on the bigger picture.
Thriving tradesmen are early risers, and thriving saints seek Jesus eagerly.
Those who find Jesus to their enrichment give their hearts to seeking him.
We must seek him first, and thus earliest.
Above all things Jesus.
Jesus first, and nothing else even as a bad second....Charles Spurgeon
-When we lose our way the best way to get back on course is to get back to the fundamentals.
-every human problem is ultimately relational… There are two most fundamental questions that every person must grapple with: What is the status of my relationship towards God?
What is the status of my relationship to my fellow man?
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-This critical three question narrative starts in (v.15) and goes to (v.45)
-(v.15-22)
The Herodians ask about paying taxes to Caesar
-(v.23-32)
Sadducceas ask Jesus about Levirate Marriage question
Final Question
-(v.34)
The Pharisees saw how Jesus just rip up the Herodian’s, and the Sadducees so they sent their very best to trip Jesus up and that was a lawyer (schooled in the law, logic & debating) this question was probable discussed among all the Pharisees but the Lawyer was the one who asked it.
What is the great commandment in the law?
-(v.36)
What is the great commandment in the law?
What is the great commandment in the law?
-(v.36)
In this question they were looking for Jesus to pick and choose what part of the law is important and what part of the law is less important.
Then they would charge him with abolishing the law.
Based on what Jesus said during the sermon on the mount
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This is the great question in their minds that Jesus can’t answer without getting himself in trouble.
…..This is a great question….in
their minds Jesus can’t answer this without getting himself in trouble.
-Jesus answers:
matthew 22:
-Rather than pick and choose two commandments, Jesus summarized the whole thing in two principles.
In other words, if you are proficient in these two, then you will have meet the standards of the whole Law.
matthew 22:3
“37And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38“This is the great and foremost commandment.
39“The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40“On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
-Rather than pick and choose two commandments, Jesus summarized the whole thing in two principles.
In other words, if you are proficient in these two, then you will have meet the standards of the whole Law.
-Rather than pick and choose two commandments, Jesus summarized the whole thing in two principles.
In other words, if you are proficient in these two, then you will have meet the standards of the whole Law.
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-the OT law hinges on the principles that God is our highest priority and our neighbors are second.
I. God our First Priority
() “37And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’38“This is the great and foremost commandment
-The Pharisees were used to rules and regulations.
-The Pharisees were used to rules and regulations.
-They knew how to follow job descriptions, and they knew how to make everyone else’s follow the same rules….traditions
-They knew religion, but they did not understand relationships.
They were very cold lifeless.
-They forgot that they were in the people business.
-Jesus says in (v.37) “you shall love”…..define love-agape…this is more than affection, emotions & feelings.
This is a decision of the will.
Love according to the dictionary is: An intense feeling of deep affection
a.
That word “love” according to a Western Society…is rooted in emotions & feelings.
Technically there is nothing wrong with Love leading to emotions, but often Western understanding of love begins and ends with emotions.
Dictionary Defintion of
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We love BBQ ribs, we love shopping, we love watching football, we love our children, we love our wives, we love our friends with all different varying intensity but we use the same word to describe them.
-This lets you know that the word Love can be poorly misused and misunderstood and it is imperative that we define it right as we look at this text…..Biblical Love involves tangible acts of proven love; it is something we demonstrate.
“8But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
-The way Jesus is using the word is of the highest intensity that you can imagine….The human relationship that gets the closest is a marriage.
This love is not a feeling; it is not primarily emotional.
It is a decision of the will.
-(v.8) demonstrates-to set or place before or to cause something to be known by action.
-The way Jesus is using the word is of the highest intensity that you can imagine….The human relationship that gets the closest is a marriage.
This love is not a feeling; it is not primarily emotional.
It is a decision of the will.
-In this text Jesus is quoting a scripture that the Jews recited everyday it is in:
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-The Pharisees knew this verse, but they did not practice its principles.
-The Pharisees knew these verses, but they did not practice its principles.
-The Pharisees knew this verse, but they did not practice its principles.
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The Pharisees knew this scripture in their head, but did not accept it in their soul….Love of God should supersede your love for anything else(Idols).
Their Idols were religious control & money.
What was John the Baptist response to Jesus coming on the scene?
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-I am going to get out of his way.
-(v.37) “You shall love the Lord with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” This command by Jesus is a challenge for us to commit our Hearts(emotions), Soul(will) and our Mind(intellect) to agape(love) the Lord…..Or simple put him first in all that we do.
-John responded like this because he was consumed with love for God, and he wanted his Son to be exalted.
John put love of God over personal popularity or personal gain.
-(v.37) “You shall love the Lord with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” This command by Jesus is a challenge for us to commit our Hearts(emotions), Soul(will) and our Mind(intellect) to agape(love) the Lord
a. Emotion-As you grow in the Lord you will learn how to control your emotions to always give glory to God.
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Soul-The soul or will is the place we decided to go forth into a direction against our feelings and emotions.
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Mind-We are love to learn more things about our Lord, and to have our mind stretched by his immenseness.
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