We’re at chapter 7:36ff.
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“Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall 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: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28b-31
We are constantly looking for loopholes when it comes to the second greatest commandment: loving others as ourselves. But God doesn’t give us any.
When we try to get away with loving just some He clarifies: love everyone. Always.
Scriptures
- 1 John 4:7-12
- 1 John 4:19-21
ANNOUNCEMENT
On Friday, April 15, 2022, at 7:00 PM, we will worship and “celebrate” Good Friday with a form of a “Service of Darkness.”
It will be a meaningful, but difficult service. We pray you will attend.
RECORDING
More information on “Good Friday” and a “Service of Darkness” from
lifebridgesealy.com/ministries/worship/good-friday/.
“Good Friday.” Such a strange name for the day when the innocent Savior of humanity and God’s Son died horribly. Yet, for us, the day marks a pivotal event in history. A holy and unbelievable imbalanced exchange: His perfection and innocence for our sins and guilt.
And twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and put a reed in His right hand. And kneeling before Him, they mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on Him and took the reed and struck Him on the head. And when they had mocked Him, they stripped Him of the robe and put His own clothes on Him and led Him away to crucify Him.
Matthew 27:29-31
Lord, have mercy!
And He did. Have mercy. For us. When we were still in sin and rebellion.
We worship and “celebrate” this event and exchange with a form of a “Tenebrae” service. Tenebrae means “darkness” and the service takes its name from the ceremony of extinguishing the worship candles in such a way that the Church is gradually cast into darkness, except for the light of a single candle. The focus of the Tenebrae is the consequence of sin and the magnitude of Jesus’ sacrifice. The worship ends in darkness and silence, symbolizing our Savior’s death upon the cross. The single candle symbolizes the hope of our Savior’s resurrection. At the completion of the Tenebrae service, the worshipers are asked to leave in silence, in order to maintain the spirit of the Good Friday commemoration of our Savior’s crucifixion.
Experience the depth of God’s love for you on Good Friday so that you can sour with the news of His resurrection on Easter Sunday!
You will be blessed.
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“Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall 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: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28b-31
When we do things it is not normally done in passion, with our whole being!
But that is exactly how God calls us to Love Him!
He wants no mediocre love. He wants no partial commitment.
He wants us; all of us in every way!
Nothing less will do!
Heart, Soul, and Mind!
Everything!
Scriptures
- Mark 12:28–34
We’re at chapter 6:27 where Jesus tells us to love our enemies and not to judge others.
Let’s go!
Scriptures
“Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall 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: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28b-31
This week we continue our journey of LOVE by looking at another part of God’s command in Deuteronomy 6: teaching about God and talking about Him.
By doing so, we share not only Who He is, but what He has done and how He acts in Love through His promised Messiah, Jesus.
If we aren’t teaching and sharing Him, we likely aren’t acting in love, either.
Scriptures
- Deuteronomy 6:1–9
We’re at chapter 6:12 dealing with Jesus choosing from His many disciples the 12 apostles. We will also look at His ‘Sermon on the Plain.”
Let’s go!
Scriptures
“Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall 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: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28b-31
LOVE is our Lenten theme and focus as we see what this greatest commandment entails, means, and how it should be played out.
This first week will look at the first part of the commandment – that we cannot love unless we know Who it is we are called to Love: the One True, Triune God!
Not other ‘gods’; not other people; not ourselves. Him and Him alone! He is God! He is who we are Called to Love! Anything else is idolatry!
Scriptures
- Deuteronomy 6:1–9
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 51:16-17
Today is Ash Wednesday, when we are “marked by Christ, the Crucified” with an ash cross on our foreheads and remember that “we are dust, and to dust we shall return.“
It also marks the beginning of our Lenten journey.
We do all this in solemn reflection on our sins, His cross, and our forgiveness through faith in Him. But it’s important for us to know that we also do this in the same way He did His life and sacrifice – in LOVE!
Scriptures
- Joel 2:12-19
- Psalm 51:1-19
And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”
Luke 9:35
Today we celebrate Transfiguration Sunday – how God showed His approval of Jesus through His transfiguration with Moses and Elijah – and most importantly through His words, “This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”
And, we are blessed with the Sacrament of Holy Baptism for Gabriel Sánchez, too!
Scriptures
- Luke 9:28–36
