Text: Mark 12:28-34

A Most Crucial Question (Mark 12:28)

• The scribe questioned Jesus on the most fundamental of levels.
• This question gets at the heart of how we are to glorify God.

A Most Comprehensive Answer (Mark 12:29-31)

• Jesus summarized the Law and the Prophets by pointing us to love God supremely (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) and love others sacrificially (Leviticus 19:18).

A Most Convicting Conclusion (Mark 12:32-34)

• True love to God expressed in genuine obedience to God is better than all the external forms of worship.
• We cannot enter the kingdom on our own merits, but only through faith in Christ the King.