Love God. Love Others. Make Disciples of Jesus.
We find the words of Jesus in Matthew 22:34–40 to be quite revolutionary (hence our church’s first name Revolution22):
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 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 first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
(Matthew 22:34–40, ESV)
Jesus summed up the entire demands of God in one simple statement—Love God. Love others. If we were to do that, it would truly be revolutionary! Yet how are sinful people, like me and you, supposed to love God and love others? Praise God he provided a way for us through faith in Jesus Christ!
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
(Romans 8:1, ESV)
We Praise God for his Holy Spirit that changes hearts, opens eyes and ears, and ignites faith in the hearts of his sons and daughters. Through His changing work we are enabled and empowered to begin to love God and love others even while we are still sinners. As we live out this new life in Jesus Christ, we have the opportunity to see people changed, cities changed, and God worshiped, praised, and glorified. The most practical outworking of loving God and loving others, and God’s plan “A” for changing the world is found in Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
We are called to love God and love others by making disciples of Jesus Christ!