Matthew 22 part 2 YA

Pray Ephesians 4:11-16

Read Matthew 22:34-40

Why do all the Law and Prophets depend on these 2 commandments?

Wanted to Stump Jesus, because Pharisees often had religious debates on which of the 600ish laws were “light” and which ones were “weighty”

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Jewish people would recite this twice a day, refers to the whole person

No one can love God unless you know Christ as your Savior

John 8:42 ESV

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

Assuming you confess sins and repent of them to God often, do you confess missing the mark of “loving God with all your heart?”

Why?

Are you holding back parts of you?

Next command is:

Leviticus 19:18 (ESV)

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.

Leviticus 19:34 (ESV)

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

“Love signifies a concrete responsibility to seek the greatest good of one’s neighbors, both Jew and Gentile”

Romans 5:5 (ESV)

and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Must go from Love God to Love Others. If you are not seeking the good of others, if you are selfish, if you are failing at number 2 you must go back to number 1.

How would you describe your life if you obeyed these two commands?

What do YOU need to do to love God with your heart, soul, mind, and strength?

not looking for a churchy answer, specific to you

Read Matthew 22:41-46

What is Jesus aim with this question?

Read Psalm 110

Peter quotes this psalm at Pentacost

Quoted in Hebrews 10

In john 8:44 Jesus calls these guys “sons of the devil” because they are only seeking to tear down Jesus and trap and kill him, exactly what Satan wants as well.