Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 31/10/21 for Shoebox Sunday. Sermon starts at 2:00 Download Mp3 HERE! Mark 12: 28-34 28 Then one of the scribes [an expert in Mosaic … Continue reading →
Sermon from St Andrews Church, Slip End, UK. Sermon given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 31/10/21 for Shoebox Sunday.
Sermon starts at 2:00
Download Mp3 HERE!
Mark 12: 28-34
28 Then one of the scribes [an expert in Mosaic Law] came up and listened to
them arguing [with one another], and noticing that Jesus answered them well,
asked him, “Which commandment is first and most important of all?”
29 Jesus
answered, “The first and most important one is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our
God is one Lord;
30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul (life), and with all your mind (thought,
understanding), and with all your strength.’
31 This is the second: ‘You
shall [unselfishly] love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other
commandment greater than these.”
32 The scribe said to him, “Admirably
answered, Teacher; You truthfully stated that he is One, and there is no other
but him;
33 and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and
with all the strength, and to [unselfishly] love one’s neighbour as oneself, is
much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 When Jesus saw that he
answered thoughtfully and intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from
the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one would dare to ask him any more
questions.