Today's Sermon:
“Love Does”

Love Your Neighbor II

Nature of the Commandments

1) Love God- Vs. 29-30
2) Love Your Neighbor- Vs. 31

Implications of the Commandments

1) Unity

Jesus’ answer avoids the danger of mysticism, which results in a detached and disembodied love of God; as well as the danger of humanism, which acts toward humanity without reference to God and without the understanding that human beings are inviolable creatures of God.
-James Edwards

2) Simplicity

 “The purpose of living is the adoration of God and the cherishing of human beings.”
-Dale Bruner

3) Priority

4) Pleasure

Application of the Commandments

“Love then is a rugged, affective commitment to be with someone, to be present to them. Now the challenge is starting to be clear…if we say we love that person, we have said we have made a rugged, affective commitment to be present in that person’s life(Perhaps over coffee?)…in a way that communicates advocacy (‘I’ve got your back).”
-Scot McKnight, The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others