1. “The Most Important Things In Life”
Matthew 22:34-40
“The Most Important Things In Life”

2. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"Vs
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

3. Mark 12:28-34
One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him…34 When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.””

4. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"Vs
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

5. Vs
'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment.

6. Please Turn In Your Bibles
Exodus 20:1-17
Please Turn In Your Bibles

7. Exodus 31:18
“When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.”

8. Deuteronomy 6:4-5
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

9. John 8:42
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.”

10. Mark 12:32-34
The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him; and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”

11. Deuteronomy 30:15-16
“See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.”

13. 1 John 2:3-6
“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected…”

14. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? "
“With All Your Heart”
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? "

15. Jeremiah 17:9-10
Actually, only God knows! “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.”

16. Mark 7:20-22
And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.”

17. Ezekiel 36:25-27
“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.”

18. Romans 5:5-6
“…the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.”

19. “With All Your Soul”
Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?

20. “With All Your Mind”
Luke 15:17-19 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself…I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.” ’

21. Please Turn In Your Bibles
Ephesians 4:17-24
Please Turn In Your Bibles

22. "This is the first and great commandment”
Vs. 38
"This is the first and great commandment”

23. Romans 8:15-16
“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God…”

24. Ephesians 3:14-19
“…He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints…

25. what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.”