Don’t forget that Sunday is Bring a Friend Sunday. We will be having lunch after church. Lasagna and cheese pizza will be provided, please bring a salad or dessert to share.
Scripture
Matthew 22:34-46 (ESV)
[34] But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. [35] And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. [36] "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" [37] And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. [38] This is the great and first commandment. [39] And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. [40] On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." [41] Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, [42] saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David." [43] He said to them, "How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, [44] " 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet'? [45] If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" [46] And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Questions for Reflection
1. What specific question did the man ask Jesus? (22:36)
2. What kind of love did Jesus describe? (22:37)
3. What important footnote did Jesus add to His answer? (22:39)
4. What kind of love for one’s neighbor did Jesus require? (22:39)
5. How important did Jesus say these two principles were? (22:40)
6. How do you feel when people ask you a question which you’re pretty sure they already know the answer to?
7. How do we measure the magnitude of our love for Jesus?
8. What does it mean to “love your neighbor as yourself”?
9. How can we keep our focus on what really matters?
10. What does God want you to do more than anything else in your job, family, church, and neighborhood?
