the primary call

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THE PRIMARY CALL THE CALL – A ______-SIDED COMMAND Side #1: _______ _____ Jesus answered, “The foremost is, „HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS 30 LORD; AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.‟ - Mark 12:29-30 ONE

 A Strange Command? God commands us to love because He is the ______ and He wants the _____ for us.

 Our Problem - Ignorance of His _______ - Ignorance of His _______ Side #2: ________ _________ “The second is this, „YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.‟ There is no other commandment greater than these.” - Mark 12:31 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. - 1 John 4:7-8 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time; - 1 John 4:10-12

You love God by _________ _________. *How can I love God and love people ______?