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GOD’S WILL. Discerning. GOD’S WILL. Discerning. The Great Commandment. “‘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 neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
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GOD’S WILL Discerning
GOD’S WILL Discerning The Great Commandment
“‘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 neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:28-30
TWO COMMANDS: • Love God • Love your neighbors
TWO TYPES OF NEIGHBORS: • Saved – those who belong to God & His family
“So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.” Ephesians 2:19
“This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.” John 15:12
TWO TYPES OF NEIGHBORS: • Saved – those who belong to God & His family • Lost – those who need Christ
“For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.” Luke 19:10
“This is good and pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3-4
GOD’S WILL IS FOR YOU TO: • Know Him
“And this is the way to have eternal life – to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.” John 17:3
GOD’S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE IS TO: • Know Him • Love Him
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30
TO LOVE HIM MEANS TO… • Obey
“Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.” 1 John 5:3
“Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.” Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say.
My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them. Anyone who doesn’t love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me.” John 14:21, 23-24
LOVING GOD MEANS THAT I… • Obey • Follow
“Anyone who wants to be my disciple must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.” John 12:26
LOVING GOD MEANS THAT I… • Obey • Follow • Serve
“Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ‘All this I will give you,’ he said, ‘if you will bow down and worship me.’
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” Matthew 4:8-10
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20
“A GREAT COMMITMENT TO THE GREAT COMMANDMENT AND THE GREAT COMMISSION MAKES A GREAT CHURCH!”
GOD’S WILL Discerning Continues next week...