PINE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Welcome to Sunday School
October 5, 2025
"The Greatest Command"
Mark 12:28-34
The Point:
Our obedience to God is seen
in our love for Him and others.
Mark 12:28-30
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord.
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength; this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:31
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:32-34
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou has said the truth; for there is one God; and there is none other but he.
33 And to love him with all the heart; and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength; and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. and no man after that durst ask him any question.
It's a commandment to know God and to remind His people that He is the ONE.
The Lord is the ONLY ONE.
He alone is GOD; there is no other.
He has no equal, no rival; He stands alone.
We are to pursue our love for Him in every aspect of daily life, with all that we are.
We are to love God with all of our:
-- Heart -- we should have no other God's before Him.
-- Soul -- Find our purpose and meaning in Him alone.
-- Mind -- Choose obedience because we know what He says is true.
-- Strength -- Love with perseverance, thru trials and suffering of life lived in a broken world.
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