Message Notes

FIRST FELLOWSHIP GROUP MEETING OF 2018
YPG 1, 2, 3, YAG, YMG, AM 6 January 2018

Text: Mark 12:28-34

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION RAISED

1. Which is the first commandment of all? (Mark 12:28)

2. Question raised by a scribe

a) A Bible Scholar

b) A Bible Teacher

3. Knowledge of a good scribe

a) He is an expert in Biblical laws

b) There are many commandments

c) Which is the one ranked first?

A SIGNIFICANT ANSWER OFFERED

1. Immediately

2. Forthrightly

3. Profoundly

CONTENT OF THE ANSWER

1. Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one Mark 12:29 (Citing Deuteronomy 6:5)

2. And you shall love the LORD your God

a) With all your heart

b) With all your soul

c) With all your mind

d) With all your strength (Mark 12:29)

3. Compare the original statement of the Shema

a) Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one (Deuteronomy 6:4)

b) You shall love the LORD your God

i) With all your heart

ii) With all your soul

iii) And with all your strength (Deuteronomy 6:5)

c) Observation

i) The Lord Jesus added an important phrase “with all your mind”

ii) It serves to strengthen the significance of this call to love the Lord

GOALS FOR 2018
(AM, YPG 1-3, YAG, YMG)

1. To know the Lord God better

2. To appreciate His Laws better

3. To learn how to love the Lord

a) With a “First Love”

b) With understanding (mind)

c) Then can we fully respond to this First of all Commandments

i) To love the LORD our God

ii) With all our heart

iii) With all our soul

iv) With all our strength

4. To love our neighbor as ourselves

a) To deepen the bond of love for each other in church

b) To strengthen the bonds of friendship with each other (Bethany)

c) To build stronger ties with our friends in our IPC Family (Perth, India, Myanmar)