February 16. 2025

TEXT:  MARK 12:28-34; MATTHEW 22:34-40

• Introduction:
  • These 2 passages are at the same time and the same event according to Reese’s Chronological Bible
  • The individual questioning Jesus is the same individual, described three different ways.

1. The question posed
   1. Questions are a good opportunity to be a witness
   2. Answers to questions are as important as motives for them
   3. The best answers to questions are answers that are Biblically accurate
2. The answer given
   1. The greatest command is to love God with your all
   2. The second command is to love others as yourself
3. The understanding rendered.  Mark 12:32-34
   1. The answer Jesus gave was accurate & true according to God’s Word
   2. The answer Jesus gave was reiterated for emphasis of its truthfulness
   3. The answer Jesus gave was continued by Jesus for the need this man still had