Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 3 Test
- Monday, Oct 30, is Quiz 4a: Matthew 22:36-40 (ESV)
Handouts: Unit 4 Study Packet
Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 25, 2016
- Devotion 1 Presentations: Reference your Devotion Presentation Schedule for your day.
- Book Report Project: Due November 16
Instructional Time: Unit 4 - Ethics
Journal: Study Packet, page 5
- Read the two translations of Matthew 22:36-40 (at top) very carefully
- Then, carefully work through the questions below
- - Write complete & thoughtful answers for each
- - If you don’t know ‘for sure,’ simply give your best guess!
- - Make sure to actually look up and read the other verses:
- Matthew 22:36-40 (HCSB), “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “Love the Lord your God w/all your heart, w/all your soul, and w/all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”
- - 1) Why do you think this person wanted to know the greatest commandment?
- - 2) If you were to summarize this commandment in one word, what would it be? Why did you choose that word?
- - 3) What are we to love God with? List the words given in the verse & then summarize the big idea that you think this is teaching.
- - 4) Mark records a time that Jesus quoted this Greatest Commandment in Mark 12:30. Which word was added in & why do you think he added this?
- - 5) Read 1 John 4:20. Then answer this question: How is the 2nd greatest commandment like the 1st?
- - 6) How do you think that "All of the Law & Prophets depend on these two commands?" (NOTE: "Law & the Prophets" refers to all of the rules & laws in the Old Testament)
- - "Love" involves your feelings and passions, but it is so much more! It is also an attitude. Furthermore, love is a 'verb,' which means it is a word that requires action.
- - 7) Read John 14:23. What will a man do if he really loves God?
- - 8) What will Jesus & God the Father do if we love Him?
Quiz Preparation: Study Packet, page 4
- Your Verses: Matthew 22:36-40
- - Commandment: An order, or rule
- - Law: A reference to the first five Old Testament books
- - Love: See Short Answer #1
- - Heart, Soul, Mind: Words used to say 'all of who you are‘ (Mark 12:30 adds ‘strength’)
- - Prophets: A reference to the Old Testament Prophet books
- Your Questions: Based upon class discussion & your personal reflection of these verses, use complete sentences & your own words to specifically answer:
- - 1) Describe the key verb in this verse that reveals the foundation of a Christian's ethics.
- - - The idea of 'Love' is very rich! Love is...
- - - - A loyal commitment, it is 'covenantal' (part of what defines a faithful relationship)
- - - - Actions of kindness & compassion
- - - - Sacrificial (choosing to do what is good for who is loved, even if it seriously hurts)
- - - - Feelings of compassion, warm regard
- - 2) Concerning this word: From where does it come & to whom does it go?
- - - The ability to love and the ultimate example of love ultimately comes from God (1 John 4:10, 19)
- - - When we express love, it must come from all of who we are (our heart, soul, mind, and strength)
- - - It first and most importantly goes to God; then it naturally goes to "our neighbors" (all others around us).
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