Deuteronomy 6.1-15_Love God
Passage: Deuteronomy 6:1-15
Sermon Sections, Scripture Passages, Quotes
Abraham – A Field Guide to Loving God
Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness—and he was called a friend of God – James 4:3
Call to Love – Deuteronomy 6:1-15
The giant cosmic story told by the Bible is one of God’s desire to be with His people. The idea of humans “living with God and learning to love Him” is one of the main points of the entire bible, and a major thrust of Jesus’ life and words and teachings.” – David Tiesche
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and all your strength. The second is this love your neighbor as yourself. – Mark 12:30-31
Abraham: A Guide to Loving God – Genesis 12:1-4
“The plot is driven by Abraham’s struggle to trust God in the face of a series of conflicts testing his faith. His faith develops as he trusts God in spite of a childless wife, famine in the Promised Land, exile in a hostile land, the kidnapping of his wife in pagan kings’ harems, an ungrateful nephew who seizes land for himself, war against mighty kings, family strife between rival wives and their children, his withering body, and death itself with the promise unfulfilled. In addition, Abraham’s God is mysterious, asking Abraham to sacrifice the child in whom his offspring will be reckoned.” – Bruce Waltke
Loving God means being loyal + committed to Him – even if it costs you
Loving God means trusting Him – even when it doesn’t make sense
Loving God means we seek justice – we live right, we do what’s right and we set things right
Loving God means we expect God to be good – we believe God will provide even when life falls apart
Jesus – God’s Love for Us
Luke 24:44 – everything written about me in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled