January 10th, 2021 Message Notes:
What does it mean to love God with your whole heart?
The greatest commandment Jesus has given, tells us to love God with all our heart, our desire, emotions, and will.
We have to be the “Church” who loves God with our emotions, our desire, and our will.
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
(Here in the Moses is talking about the greatest of the commandments.)
This was also a prayer recited daily by the Jews for thousands of years to show their discipline of their spiritual devotion. (Shema Prayer) Prayed morning and night.
Psalm 28:1-9
(Here we see David crying out for God.)
(This leads us to Mark 12:28-31 where Jesus had been teaching in Parables to many and brings up God’s own words to answer the questions that the scribes, we’re asking Him.)
Let’s set the scene here in Mark 12:28-31
- Jesus had been teaching for some time.
- The Pharisees were always looking for Jesus to mess up or trying to ask Him a tricky question.
- Jesus always has an answer. He knows the answer to your question before you ask. He knows what you’re going to ask.
Mark 12:28-31
The Rabbi’s had determined there were a total of 613 commandments in the Pentateuch.
The Pentateuch – first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Pentateuch (Greek) means: “five books” or “five scrolls.”
– Hebrew meaning: Torah – first five books in the Hebrew Bible.
Jesus tells us to love God with the heart.
– Kardia, (Greek) meaning heart – the center of life.
Giving our heart to Christ is more than saying a prayer, it’s a transplant of new life.
It’s me taking the freedom from my past, present and future and giving my all to God.
It’s me, understanding that this life is no longer about me, me, me and all about giving glory and honor to God.
It’s me fully accepting who God made me because I’m made in His image.
Will you go All In with your heart?