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The Greatest Commandment – Love Your Neighbor – Mark 12 One day Jesus spoke to a group of people called “Sadducees.” After he had finished speaking with them, one of the men who was known as a “scribe” came to speak to Jesus. (Scribes had great authority over the people as teachers and guardians of the law written in the books of Moses) This man had listened to Jesus when he was speaking with the Sadducees and understood that Jesus had properly answered the questions of the Sadducees. And so the man asked Jesus “Which is the first commandment of all?” And Jesus answered “The first of all the commandments is ‘Hear O Israel; the LORD our God is one LORD: and you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength’ This is the first commandment. And the second is this “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”. There is no other commandment that is greater than these. Then the man said to Jesus “Well Master, you have said the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but he: and to love him with all the heart, with all understanding, with all the soul and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all offerings and sacrifices. (In these days, it was the law for Jewish people to make offerings and sacrifices to God). And when Jesus saw that the man had wisely answered him, he said “You are not far from the kingdom of God”. And after that no man dared to ask Jesus any more questions. note to Parents or Teachers: perhaps you could explain to the children that the Lord Jesus was the perfect sacrifice on the cross by shedding his precious blood and bearing the penalty for our sins so that now there is no more need of offerings and sacrifices to God. Memory Verse: Mark 12:31 “and the second is this: you shall love your neighbor as yourself……” Questions: 1 Who had Jesus been speaking with before the man who was known as a scribe came and talked to Jesus? Answer: the Sadducees 2 Why did the man speak to Jesus? Answer: Because he knew that Jesus had properly answered the questions of the Sadducees 3 What question did he ask Jesus? Answer: he asked Jesus what was the first commandment of all 4 What did Jesus tell him were the first and second commandments? Answer: to love God and to love our neighbor as ourself 5 How are we to love God? Answer: with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind (understanding) and with all your strength. 6 How can we love our neighbors? Answer: we treat them kindly and respectfully and if they ask us to do something we do it willingly the best way we can.. 7 What do you think is important about loving our neighbors? Answer: when we show love to our neighbors they may see that there is something different about us and, we may have opportunity to tell them about salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ
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Današnji datum: 10. veljače 2014. Njega ljubiti iz svega srca, iz svega razuma i iz sve snage i ljubiti bližnjega kao sebe samoga više je nego sve paljenice i žrtve Čitanje svetog Evanđelja po Marku U ono vrijeme: Pristupi Isusu jedan od pismoznanaca koji je slušao njihovu raspravu. Vidjevši da im je dobro odgovorio, upita ga: "Koja je zapovijed prva od sviju?" Isus odgovori: "Prva je: Slušaj, Izraele! Gospodin Bog naš Gospodin je jedini. Zato ljubi Gospodina Boga svojega iz svega srca svojega, i iz sve duše svoje, i iz svega uma svoga, i iz sve snage svoje!" "Druga je: Ljubi svoga bližnjega kao sebe samoga. Nema druge zapovijedi veće od tih." Nato će mu pismoznanac: "Dobro, učitelju! Po istini si kazao: On je jedini, nema drugoga osim njega. Njega ljubiti iz svega srca, iz svega razuma i iz sve snage i ljubiti bližnjega kao sebe samoga više je nego sve paljenice i žrtve." Kad Isus vidje kako je pametno odgovorio, reče mu: "Nisi daleko od kraljevstva Božjega!" I nitko se više nije usđivao pitati ga (Mk 12,28-34). Već na početku današnjeg Evanđelja nailazimo na riječ zapovijed. Mnogom današnjem čovjeku ta je riječ odbojna. Tko i kojim pravom će mu netko zapovijedati ili zabranjivati? Slobodan je i ni od koga se ne da sputavati. Govorilo je vino u bačvi: Hrastove daske i željezni obruči me sputavaju. To si ne dozvoljava. Želim biti slobodno. Uprlo se o stijenke i daske su popucale. Plemenita tekućina počela je curiti na tlo i miješati se sa zemljom. Vino se pretvorilo u zaudarajuću blatnu kaljužu. A bilo je namijenjeno za svadbenu gozbu i za oltar. A što je dovelo tako daleko? Nepromišljeni zahtjev za slobodom. Zaboravilo je, da mu daske i obruči upravo time, što ga spuavaju, čuvaju zdravlje i njegovu plemenitost. A što nam današnje Evanđelje zapovijeda? Ljubav prema Bogu i bližnjemu. Na ta dva stupa oslanja se sve ostalo. Nema dugo tome, kako je u jednom na naših dnevnika poznati novinar raspravljao, kako nas neprestano tuče devalvacija novca. Nastavio je, da nas još više tuče devalvacija moralnih vrednota. Oboje je tim presudnije, jer je međusobno povezano i neobuzdano se širi. U našem drušvu sve više zaudara, napisao je, sve manje vrijedi poštenje, marljivost, osobna odgovornost, osjećaj za zajedništvo, jer ljudi sve manje cijene istinu, pravdu, vjernost; jer ne ispunjavaju preuzete obaveze… Spomenuti novinar nije dalje ispitivao, što nas je dovelo tako daleko. Gdje se nalazi uzok devalvacije nabrojenih i još nebrojenih moralnih kreposti? Ako bi se pitao moža bi došao do zaključka, da te vrednote zato među nama gube cijenu, jer smo odbacili njegovo vrhovno počelo – Boga. Zašto smo ga odbacili? Jer smo mislili, da nas sputava. A uistinu nam je čuvao zdravlje i plemenitost. Iz vrhovnog počela svih vrednota izlaze obje zapovijedi koje proglašava Isus u današnjem Evanđelju. Ako se budemo držali tih dviju, ljubiti Boga i bližnjega, s njima će nam se vratiti i poštenje, marljivost, osobna odgovornost, osjećaj zajedništva i sve druge vrline. Tada će prestati zaudarati. Vino će biti i za goste i za oltar.