Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Corinthians 7:17-24
by: Maryann Palmer.
Let’s start with putting first things first. What’s most important? The teacher, in an ah-ha moment, summed up Jesus’ answer to that question, “To love him [God] with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices” (Mark 12:33, NIV). We get further definition of “neighbor” in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets,” (Matthew 7:12, NIV). I don’t know about you, but I think that’s enough to keep me plenty busy until the Lord calls me home!