Here are your show notes for today’s class:
Matthew 22:34-40 (NASB)
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him: 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
LOVE = ‘AGAPE’
Agape (Bible Gateway)
Agape (Wikipedia)
What is the Bible referring to when it mentions the law and the prophets?
BUT IS IT REALLY A NEW COMMANDMENT?
Deuteronomy 6:5 (NASB)
5 And you shall love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Leviticus 19:18 (NASB)18 You shall not take vengeance, nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am YHWH.
THE ROAD TO CONCORD 