LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS – Mark 12:28-34

Matthew 22:34-35: But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.

The word first here is “prōtos” means “preeminent, first, greatest, highest in rank.”

John 6:44; No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

Phylactery– Small leather boxes that are worn on the left arm an on the forehead during prayers that has verses in them.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

One in the Hebrew is ‘echad (ekh-awd’); meaning “a compound unity”

One in Greek is heis (hice); meaning “together, the only”

1 John 5:7: For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

CREATOR:

Genesis 1:1: In the beginning, God (Elohim-plural) created the heavens and the earth.

John 1:1-3: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.

SAVIOR:

Isaiah 45:21: Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.

1 Timothy 2:3-4: This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. (Speaking of Jesus)

KING:

Isaiah 44:6: Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

John 19:21: So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”

JUDGE:

Genesis 18:25c; … Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

2 Timothy 4:1: … the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

I AM:

Isaiah 43:10b: … I AM he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

John 8:24: Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins, for if you do not believe that I AM, you shall die in your sins

LIGHT:

Psalm 27:1: The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

John 8:12: Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.

Deuteronomy 30:6: And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

Mark 12:17 said; “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Romans 12:1: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

• With ALL your Heart– Your inner being, emotions, desires, deepest passions.
• With ALL your Soul– Your spiritual core, eternal identity, feelings.
• With ALL Your Mind– Your intellect, thoughts, choices, understanding.
• With ALL Your Strength– Your physical powers and energy, actions.

1 John 4:19: We love Him because He first loved us.

Leviticus 19:18: You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

1 John 4:7-8 says; Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

The love of God PROFESSED should be seen by the love of people CONFESSED.

Romans 13:8: Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Galatians 5:14: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”