Lesson 23, Q6~Q7

THIRD DAY: Read Matthew 22:34-40.

Q6.

a. Which of the commandments did Jesus say is greatest? (See Mark 12:28-34.)

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

b. How is this teaching of Jesus the opposite of what many people today say?

People now are saying to love or indulge youself more than the job, the family or other thing else.

c. Explain what it means to love your neighbor as yourself.

To love the people who need our help and cannot pay us back.

d. (Challenge) Why must you obey the first commandment to keep the second? For help, see Deuteronomy 10:12; Romans 13:8-10.

Deuteronomy 10:12, Fear the Lord

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Romans 13:8-10, Love Fulfills the Law

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Because in the first commandment God ask us to fear Him, to walk in obedience to Him, to love Him, to serve Him. And one of His commandment is to love our neighbor. If we couldn’t love the neighbor it equals to we don’t obey God that we don’t love God, we don’t fear God. In fact, if we can really love a neighbor it must because we love God and are willing to obey His commands. Therefore love God is the fulfillment of the law of God.

Q7.

a. Read Deuteronomy 6:1-12. Explain what it means to love God with

All your heart-

To keep these commandments that God gives us on our hearts.

All your soul-

To impress our children and share to others these commandments that God gives us

All your mind-

Talk about and thinking of these commandments that God gives us everywhere and all the time.

All your strength- (Mark 12:30)

Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

b. What practical changes can you make to keep this commandment?

I keep praying for it daily and keep them on small notes to remind myself God’s love and commands.

c. Read Deuteronomy 7:6-11. What do you learn about God’s love for His people?

God love His people who love Him and keep His commandments. God has chosen us out of all the peoples. We are the fewest of all peoples His treasured possession.