Sunday: The Two Greatest Commandments
Daily Lesson for Sunday 16th of March 2025
To reflect on what we might do, individually and corporately, to advance God’s love and justice in our world, it is appropriate to begin by focusing on what God has commanded us.
Read Matthew 22:34-40. How did Jesus answer the lawyer’s question?
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According to Jesus Himself, the “ ‘first and great commandment’ ” is “ ‘ “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” ’ ” And, Jesus adds, “ ‘the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ’ ” These commandments do not stand alone, however. Jesus further instructs: “ ‘On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets’ ” (Matthew 22:37-40, NKJV). Indeed, they are themselves quoted from the Old Testament.
Read Matthew 19:16-23. How do Jesus’ answers to the rich young ruler’s questions relate to His answers to the lawyer’s question in Matthew 22:1-46?
What was going on here? Why did Jesus answer this man as He did? And what should these encounters say to us all, regardless of our position or station in life?
“Christ made the only terms which could place the ruler where he would perfect a Christian character. His words were words of wisdom, though they appeared severe and exacting. In accepting and obeying them was the ruler’s only hope of salvation. His exalted position and his possessions were exerting a subtle influence for evil upon his character. If cherished, they would supplant God in his affections. To keep back little or much from God was to retain that which would lessen his moral strength and efficiency; for if the things of this world are cherished, however uncertain and unworthy they may be, they will become all-absorbing.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 520.
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Though we might not all be called to sell all that we have, as was this rich young ruler, what might you, personally, be clinging to that, if you don’t give up, could lead to your eternal ruin? |
(1)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25a-12-the-two-greatest-commandments/
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"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer" (Matthew 21:22, NIV). Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here:
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