Daily Fountain 2017 - The Greatest Commandment

Sunday October 1

(16th Sunday After Trinity)

Bible Reading: Matt. 22: 34 - 40

Topic: The Greatest Commandment

Jesus Christ by God's Wisdom, silenced the question of the resurrection and the Pharisees saw and wanted to exploit the opportunity to show supremacy over the Sadduccees.

The Pharisees put head together and selected one of their best to tempt Jesus with a question.

It was a question which had been a subject for serious debate for centuries. The Pharisees had over 613 commandments in the law - 248 positive and 365 negative. It was really difficult to memorize all the commandments much less keep them.

Their century old problem was summarised in two quotations from the Old Testament (Deut. 6: 5 & Liviticus 19: 18) love for God and love for man.

This is the type of love that God requires all men to exercise.

Christians who are God's children are to manifest this love in all their relationships with their neighbours (1 John 4: 20)

This is where a good number have failed

We are waiting for the day we will see God to show Him how much we love Him; but we forget that God measures our love for Him in the way we relate in love to our neighbours (Matt. 25: 42)

How you love God is shown in how you love your neighbour

Prayer

Oh God, help me to love You wholeheartedly and my neighbour as myself, Amen.

Memory Verse Matt. 22: 40

"On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets"

Source: The Daily Fountain 2017

(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)

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