March 16, 2025
Passage: Mark 12:28-34
Speaker: Pastor Josh Holland
Main Idea: Worship God by loving Him and loving others as He loved you.
I. Keep the main thing the main thing. (28)
A. Don’t be divisive over details. (cf. 2 Timothy 2:14)
B. Seeing the big picture helps me select the right priorities.
(cf. Matthew 23:23)
II. My existence is summed up in one word: agape-love. (29-31)
A. Consider how the one-and-only God loves fully.
B. God wants to be loved.
C. I will love God with all that I am:
desires, emotions, intellect and will.
D. How I love God should reflect how He loves me: fully.
III. My relationship with others is summed up in the same word.
A. Love for others begins with love for God.
(cf. 1 John 4:20-21)
B. My neighbor is anyone God puts “near” me.
(cf. Luke 10:25-37)
C. Encourage each other to love God.

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