In this week's passage, we hear Jesus give an unsurprising answer to an obvious question. Attempts to trip Jesus on the law always fall flat. Jesus keeps the main thing the main thing.
And yet, there is a lot going on here.
The First Commandment comes from Deuteronomy 6. What sounds do we hear every day? Do we listen? Israel was commanded to listen and repeat.
The Second Commandment comes from Leviticus. Leviticus grounds many attempts to read through the Bible in one year. Yet, within a book of sacrificial instructions, comes this wonderful passage on neighbors. I love the end of Leviticus 19.14: I am the Lord. After every commandment, we are reminded that God is the Lord.
Stewardship begins not with our money, but with ourselves. May we use this season of stewardship as a time to change ourselves.
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