Mark 12:30-31

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:29-30

Mark 12:29-30 The Ideal of Christian Consecration. Notice: I. The character of the love of God. It is not necessary that we should accurately determine the philosophical signification of the words heart, soul, mind, and strength or might, in the Hebrew of Deuteronomy, or the Greek of Mark. Briefly, Christ is saying that the whole man must be enlisted in our love of God. (1) God claims from us a warm personal affection. Nothing will make up to God for the want of affection. The highest... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:30-31

Mark 12:30-31 The True Application of Christian Doctrines. I. Jesus came, first, to teach men of God. Without this knowledge man can never understand himself, either as to his nature, his duties, or his possibilities. Jesus taught men, (1) that God is Spirit, (2) that man is spirit also, (3) that between us and God is the relationship of child to parent, for He revealed unto human kind the Fatherhood of Deity. II. Jesus gave great instruction touching the destiny of man. The doctrine of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:28-30

DISCOURSE: 1449LOVE TO GOD, THE GREAT COMMANDMENTMark 12:28-30. And one of the Scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength; this is the first... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:31

DISCOURSE: 1450LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOURMark 12:31. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.A QUESTION had been put to our Lord, What was the first and great commandment? To this he had answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.” But, lest the Scribe should overlook his duties towards his neighbour, and plead perhaps the answer of Jesus as sanctioning such conduct, our Lord reminded him that there was... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Mark 12:30

The First and Great Commandment November 8, 1857 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." Mark 12:30 . Our Savior said, "This is the first and great commandment." It is "the first" commandment the first for antiquity, for this is older than even the ten commandments of the written law. Before God said, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 12:1-44

Mark's gospel, chapter 12.Now we remember that Jesus is in the temple. This is the day after He had cleansed it again. It is on Tuesday. It is His final week. Sunday He had made His triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the donkey. Monday He came in and cleansed the temple. Now Tuesday He returns to the temple with His disciples, where immediately He is challenged by the religious leaders concerning the authority by which He has done these things.And he began to speak unto them by parables. [And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 12:1-44

Mark 12:1 . A certain man planted a vineyard. See on Matthew 20:1. The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is said in Psalms 80:0. and Isaiah 5:0. Mark 12:2 . He sent to the husbandmen a servant. Matthew has the plural, servants. The harmony is, that the steward had servants with him. Those innocent variations tend to strengthen the gospel history: the evangelists did not write in concert. Mark 12:6 . Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 12:30

Mark 12:30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.Love to God secures all blessings“Love not pleasure,” says Carlyle; “love God. This the Everlasting Yea wherein all contradiction is solved; wherein he who so walks and works, it is well with him.”Love to God contrasted with not loving HimMan not loving God, not looking upward and outward, becomes sensual. He spends his time in feeding his body, in satisfying his appetites, in grovelling in the dust, in joining himself to earth,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 12:31

Mark 12:31Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The second great commandment, love to our neighbourI. I shall make a few observations concerning the nature of this duty. This phraseology has been very differently understood by different persons. Some have supposed it to contain a direction that we should love our neighbour with the same kind of love, which is exercised towards ourselves. This plainly cannot be its meaning. The love which we usually and naturally exercise towards ourselves... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 12:30

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Ver. 30. See Trapp on " Mat 22:37 " read more