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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
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Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
This sermon explores the inseparable connection between loving God wholeheartedly and loving others as ourselves, as the essence of Christian faith and life.
Ladies and Gentlemen, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, it is with great joy that we gather here today, united in His name, to reflect upon His Word and seek His divine guidance in our lives. Our focus today is on a passage that, in its simplicity, encompasses the entire essence of our faith, a ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40
Topics: Commandments, Love
This sermon will explore Jesus' teaching on the greatest commandment, which is to love God and love people, and how we can apply this in our lives amidst the pain and suffering in the world.
Welcome church! Today is a great day as we’re starting up a new 4-week series here called Love God, Love People. And to help set the tone for our series I’ve put together a few of the greatest love quotes the internet has to offer; 'You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.' ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40, Deuteronomy 6:1-19
Topics: Greatest Commandment, Loving God, Loving People
Sermon Series: Love God Love People
What is Love? How do we love the invisible God?
INTRODUCTION - What is the most important moral issue to God? - Is it abortion? - Immigration? - Spending? - Hunger? - Human rights? - Depending on who you ask, you will get various answers depending on the bias or experience of the one you ask. - Jesus was asked this question a couple of times ...read more
Scripture: Mark 12:29-31
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The greatest commandment Jesus gave us is to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves. This commandment summarizes all the teachings of the law and the prophets and shows us how we should live as His disciples.
Today we're going to talk about the most important thing Jesus ever told us to do: love God and love others. We're going to dive into this and figure out how to make it real in our lives. But first, let's pray and ask God to help us love others like He does and teach us how to love Him more. You ...read more
Topics: Commandment Application, Biblical Teachings, Spiritual Growth, Moral Principles
This sermon calls us to love like Jesus by fully loving God and to love others above ourselves. It should move us to use Jesus as the example on how love should be.
Imagine a world where love was the foundation of every decision, every action, and every interaction. Picture a community where people went out of their way to care for one another…not because they had to, but because they wanted to. Let me share a story to help us see this: There was a young boy ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:37-39, 1 John 4:20-21, Romans 5:8
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This morning Jesus once again takes on the leaders in Jerusalem who want to humiliate him publicly. What is the greatest commandment they ask. Of course, He is ready with an answer!
The Greatest Commandment Good Morning. Last week, we had an amazing Gospel lesson, which reflects well on today’s lesson. The Pharisees tried to trap Jesus there like they did today, after inviting him to a Sabbath dinner. As they sat to eat, there at the table was a man suffering terribly with ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:34-46
Denomination: Anglican
Remember the Greatest Commandment?
Introduction: The Professor’s Confession Horrified by his students’ poor writing habits, renowned author and college professor David Foster Wallace considered how he might improve their skills. That’s when a startling question confronted him. The professor had to ask himself why a student would ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 3:23-24
Denomination: Baptist
The Challenge of LIVING the Greatest Commandment
Matthew 22:34-40 (Mark 12:28ff) 1. Read Matthew 22.37-40 2. Familiar words / phrases: not so easy to understand - & put into action in our lives! 3. Mark (12:28ff) prefaces Greatest Commandment with “The Lord our God, the Lord is one” – a cause of argument / division for 2000+ years! One God, ...read more
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Pentecost 23(B) - Believers ask which is the greatest commandment learning to listen first and then also learning that love fulfills God’s law.
WHICH COMMANDMENT IS THE GREATEST? Mark 12:28-34 - October 23, 2005 - Pentecost 23 Dear Fellow-Redeemed and Saints in the Lord: Inquiring minds want to know. Our minds and the minds of the rest of mankind are very inquisi-tive. We spend a lot of our life learning. The things that we don’t know ...read more
Scripture: Mark 12:28-34
Denomination: Lutheran
What is God's greatest Commandmnet? This outline looks to answer that great question.
Introduction: Have you ever wondered: What is God’s Greatest Commandment? Has anyone ever asked you that question? I have often wondered that myself. There are plenty of rules and regulations in the Bible that is for sure. Look at the first 5 book of the OT: 613 commands/laws only 20 ...read more
The greatest commandment is a vertical relationship with God and the second is a horizontal relationship with others.
WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT? Matthew 22:34-40 (NIV) 34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your ...read more
Love your neighbor, as yourself.
The Second Greatest Commandment Matthew 22:39 Intro As Jesus approached the end of his earthly ministry, he gave his disciples a badge by which they could identify each other. He gave a uniform with which to clothe themselves that would indicate to the world that they were his followers. This ...read more
Scripture: Malachi 22:39
The highest calling of any person is to fully love God from our hearts. This message extends that theme as we show our love for God by our love to each other.
THE SECOND GREATEST COMMANDMENT Matthew 22:36-40; 1 John 4:7-21 Dorn Ridge February 16, 2014 INTRODUCTION: 1.) In my message last week as we were leading up to valentine’s Day we looked at “The Greatest Commandment.” A.) We saw that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21
We are to love God with all our lives, including our work. Doing so restricts our activity to the straight and narrow path that God has created for us to walk on. It is the basis of our obedience to God.
A few years ago, Billy Graham answered a letter in his daily newspaper column from someone who was upset that churches and charities don’t pay a cent in taxes. The writer was upset that he had to “pay until it hurts”. In his reply, Dr. Graham said that if all the food banks, ...read more
This sermon serves as a comparison of keeping the Greatest Commandment between Jesus and the Pharisees.
How We Keep the Greatest Commandment You don’t have to show hands, but how many of you have a person in your family that you find you apologize for before people meet them. Maybe an aunt or uncle, maybe a parent, who’s you just find yourself warning those you bring to a party or event: “Look, ...read more
Scripture: Luke 14:1-11
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