“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” — Matt. 22:36-40
So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. — Matt. 7:12
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What observations help us see the weightiness and magnitude and seriousness of Jesus’ second commandment in Matt. 22:39?
Why can’t we say that the “Golden Rule” in Matt. 7:7–11 is proof that Jesus was simply a moral teacher whose teaching wasn’t primarily about God?
Explain how the second commandment (to love your neighbor) is the fulfillment or demonstration of the first commandment (to love God).
How can love of neighbor both be the law and the prophets (Matt. 7:12) and be what the law and
the prophets hang on?
When Jesus tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves, who does he have in mind? What is his primary concern and ultimate goal in this demand? Are you failing to be a good neighbor to anybody in your life?
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