The Ten Commandments (abbreviated)
Exodus 20:1-17
1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Exodus, Leviticus & Deuteronomy: ~613 rules and regulations
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:29-31 (NIV)
Love God with everything we’ve got. (Deut. 6:4-5)
Love our neighbor as ourselves. (Lev. 19:18)
Love your neighbor as you, yourself, are loved by God.
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” But he [the expert in religious law] wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luke 10:27-29 (NIV)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke 10:25-37
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Luke 10:36-37 (NIV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (NIV)
Agape Love – unconditional, unmerited, unearned
INAM: IT’S NOT ABOUT ME
God is love.
1 John 4:8b (NIV)
Our Code of Conduct
Love God with everything we’ve got. Love our neighbor as ourselves.
Mark 12:31
I.N.A.M. kind of Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
Where do you come up short in the “love department?”