rec1101-112811<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The Greatest Commandment<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Matthew 22:34-40 (NIV)<\/span> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NIV)<\/span> <\/p>\n Love the Lord with all your\u00a0heart<\/strong><\/span>,<\/strong> soul<\/strong><\/span>, mind (& strength)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Love your\u00a0neighbor<\/strong><\/span> as yourself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Great Commission <\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)<\/span> <\/p>\n Go<\/span>,\u00a0make<\/span> disciples<\/span>, baptize<\/span>, teach<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The initial imperative (command) is to GO<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our Great Ministry<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 (NIV)<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His love<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0compels<\/strong><\/span> us.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have a\u00a0ministry<\/strong><\/span> of reconciliation<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We have the\u00a0message<\/strong><\/span> of reconciliation<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Message by Gary Jarnagin rec1101-112811 Our Compelling Ministry as a Follower of Jesus Christ \u00a0 The Greatest Commandment \u00a0 Matthew 22:34-40 (NIV) 34 \u00a0Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 \u00a0One of them, an expert … Continue reading Our Compelling Ministry as a Follower of Jesus Christ<\/u><\/em><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>34 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
\n35 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
\n36 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
\n37 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’<\/span>
\n38 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0This is the first and greatest commandment.<\/span>
\n39 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’<\/span>
\n40 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.<\/span>
\n19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,<\/span>
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
\n19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
\n21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.<\/p>\n