Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 12:28-34
by: Jasmine Lynch.
We like to talk about the Ten Commandments, but according to Jesus, they can be summed up into two commandments: love God and love your neighbor as yourself. The first three of the original 10 tell us what we will not do if we love God, the fourth what we will do if we love God, the fifth what we will do if we love our parents and the last five what we will not do if we love our fellowman (Exodus 20:2-17). The scribe who asked Jesus, “Which is the first commandment,” was not ignorant of the Law. Jesus said he was “not far from the kingdom of God.” What does that mean? Where do you stand with relation to God’s kingdom?