Tag: The greatest commandment
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Motives
Titus 3:8 “The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.” In the verse above it is important to note that Paul uses the word “insist” to place…
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Beginning Well, Yet . . .
Revelation 2:1-4 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: . . . I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.” How many things in life begin well but end poorly? How many marriages are like this? How many good intentions never get off the ground? How…
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A Love that Surpasses Knowledge
Ephesians 3:19 “. . . to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. . . “ How can you know something that surpasses knowledge? What in the world does this mean? The context of the phrase above is a prayer of Paul for the Ephesian church. He wants them to be “filled with all…
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Perspective: it affects everything
1 John 3:23 “Love one another, just as he has commanded us.” Are you more concerned about the love of others towards you or your love towards them? There’s a vast difference between these two perspectives. One difference is that one is a direct command of God, the other is a sinful tendency and our…
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The commandment of the One Who could have commanded anything
John 15:12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one that this, ‘that someone lay down his life for his friends. ‘You are my friends if you do what I command you.” Think of what Jesus could have commanded those that were under Hhis…
To Encourage You 