In His Image Ministries

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 exer...

Sunday July 23 (Trinity 6) Bible Reading:      Mark 12: 28 - 34 Topic:                   Summary Of God's Law The scribe impressed with how well Jesus handled questions from the religious leaders, asked his own burning question "which is the first commandment of all?" In response, Jesus gave him this summary, the whole law ". . . . love the Lord your God with all your heart . . .   . soul   . . .   . mind . . .   and .. . . .   .. your neighbour as yourself" (vs. 30, 31) In this conversation, we notice two important facts about the scribe: he asked an important question about life from Jesus and received an answer and he recognized that Jesus spoke the truth. (v 32) Do you see any truth in the Word of God? His Word is a light to our path (Ps. 119: 105) As with the scribe, Jesus will provide answers to life issu...