1. Developing a Disciple’s Heart Part 21

2. Matthew 22:36-38 (MSG) 36 "Teacher, which command in God's Law is the most important?" 37 Jesus said, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.' 38 This is the most important, the first on any list.

3. Matthew 22:39-40 (MSG) 39 But there is a second to set alongside it: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' 40 These two commands are pegs; everything in God's Law and the Prophets hangs from them."

4. Ephesians 6:14 (NIV) 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,

5. Developing a Disciple’s Heart 1. Integrity.

6. Acts 9:27 (NIV) 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.

7. Acts 9:28 (NIV) 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

8. Developing a Disciple’s Heart 2. Our tendency towards being self righteous.

9. Mark 2:16-17 (NIV) 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" 17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

10. Developing a Disciple’s Heart a. We are all broken.

11. Developing a Disciple’s Heart b. The sin scale.

12. Developing a Disciple’s Heart c. Self-righteousness always has a hint of hate.

13. Developing a Disciple’s Heart 3. True righteousness.

14. Matthew 22:36-38 (NIV) 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

15. Matthew 22:39-40 (NIV) 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

16. Developing a Disciple’s Heart a. Sees the beauty of people’s potential.

17. Developing a Disciple’s Heart b. It is grace-filled.

18. Developing a Disciple’s Heart c. Is displayed in love.

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20. Developing a Disciple’s Heart Join us next week for Part 22