Can I truly love my neighbor before I learn to love and fear God? In response to a scribe’s request for the most important command, Christ quoted Moses’s words to love God first and then to love one’s neighbor second. Evidently, the love for God must come first. How does someone love God? The Scriptures reveal that one’s love for God is manifest in obeying God’s commands. What happens when people love their neighbors before they love God? This message will explore Christ’s words concerning the greatest commands and how the first is essential to the second.

Scripture Reading: Mark 12:28-34 (read by Gerrit Dekker)
Lesson by Scott Shifferd
Recorded October 1, 2017 at the Dean Road church of Christ in Jacksonville, FL