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The Greatest Commandment

The Greatest Commandment

Apr 19, 2026

Passage: The Gospel According to Matthew Matthew 22:34-40

Preacher: Rob Holster

Series: Gospel of the Kingdom

Summary:

So we've been looking at Jesus' final week in Jerusalem before going to the cross, where he's been asked questions from different groups of people. The people asking had no real interest in his answer, they just wanted to see Jesus say something that would get him into trouble––with the government, with the crowd, etc. Jesus' answers were always brilliant, and he used bad faith questions to teach us something good about God and ourselves. This week we'll see the Pharisees back with another question––but this one is very interesting, even to us. One of them asks Jesus, "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" This is a really good question, actually. Because when we look at our Bibles––in the Old Testament––in the Law part––there are hundreds of laws. Hundreds of commandments. Of course there is the Ten Commandments which we are most familiar with, but there are so many others. So their question is like this: Which one is the most important? And I think we all want to know the answer to that question. It's hard to keep hundreds of commandments, so maybe Jesus can simplify it for us––which he does with his answer.

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