The Main Thing

Status quo: “the state in which”.

“The existing condition or current state of affairs.”

Two Responses to Status Quo:

1. One can the status quo.
2. One can the status quo.

• “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.” – Matthew 22:34-35
• “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” – Matthew 22:36
• “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. This is the great and first commandment. ” – Matthew 22:37-38
• “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 22:39-40

The Main Thing is !

Our Love Must Flow In Two Directions:

1. We are to . That’s the vertical aspect of our love and the priority for our love.

2. We are to . That’s the horizontal aspect of our love, and flows from the vertical.

Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing:

Love God beyond the status quo.

1. Loving God beyond the status quo requires me to pursue a with God that goes beyond or .

• “And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? How do you read it?’” Luke 10:25-26

2. Loving God beyond the status quo requires my total and not a simple . 

• “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. This is the great and first commandment. ” – Matthew 22:37-38

How Do I Love God With Full Commitment?

1. I love him with all my – heart
2. I love him with all my – soul
3. I love him with all my – strength
4. I love him with all my – mind

3. Loving God beyond the status quo requires God’s , not my .

• “And he said to him, ‘You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.’” – Luke 10:28
• I need a regenerated heart. Jeremiah 17:9
• I need Holy Spirit help. Ephesians 3:16,
• I need to die hourly. Romans 8”12-13

1. Love God through developing an intimate relationship with Him this year.

2. Love God by committing all of yourself to him.
3. Love God through the power of the Holy Spirit working in you.

Keep the Main Thing of Loving God the Main Thing.