Sun, 17 June 2012
Text: Mark 12:28-32; Deuteronomy 6:4-9 How will we be remembered? The answer to this question requires honesty and change. Listen as David Nichols explores what it means to live at the foot of the cross.
In Deuteronomy 6 we see the command to love the Lord and in Mark 12 we see the questioning of Jesus by the scribe about the greatest commandment. Why did the scribe ask Jesus the question when as a teacher of the law he should have known the answer? It wasn't because he didn't know the answer but rather that he refused to accept the answer due to his lack of humility.
* To live at the foot of the cross we must (Mark 12:30) love the Lord with:
1) Our Heart.
2) Our Will/Motive.
3) Our Mind.
4) All our Strength.
We cannot do this with a love that we muster up from within ourselves but rather this love must be agape love, the love that comes from God. The wellspring that flows out.
* What keeps us from living at the foot of the cross? Pride. This lack of humility keeps us from loving God. Back in Deut. 6 we see that we must submit daily.
* What if? What would my life look like if I really submitted to God?
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