When Jesus was asked, "What is the greatest commandment?", he said:
"‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” [Mark 12:29-31]
Scot McKnight calls that "The Jesus Creed" and we've been exploring what it means to live these out in our lives. Before I get to the discussion questions and activities of the week, I'd like you to think about the command to love your neighbor as yourself. We can live this out on a personal level in the ways we treat those who live around us, sit next to us in church, and work with us. We've experienced times when that's easy to do and times when that's not so easy.
We've explored a lot of questions in the first four weeks:
What does it mean to love God and how do we do that?
What does it mean to love others like ourselves?
What difference does following Jesus make in our lives?
What does it mean when we say the Lord's Prayer?
What do we value most and what do those things say about us?
How can we become better neighbors?
Here are This Week’s Questions for Discussion:
(Things to talk about with your family)
- Who do you think Jesus is?
- In what ways is Jesus calling you to follow him?
This Week’s Suggested Follow-up Activities:
(Additional actions you can try if you feel led)
- Recite the Jesus Creed and the Lord’s prayer daily.
- Read the story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) together.
- Share with each other how you think you are more like Mary or Martha and why.
Looking Ahead: On Easter Sunday, youth and adults will share breakfast together. Start thinking about how the Jesus Creed has affected you. What do you want to take from this study?
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