01/03/2026
*SEEK DAILY (NBC)*
*Sunday, March 1, 2026*
*LOVE GOD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR*
*Memory verse:*"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 12:30, NIV
*Text: Mark 12:28-34*
[28] One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
[29] “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
[30] Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
[31] The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
[32] “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
[33] To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
[34] When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
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John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, "Love for our Jone neighbour consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear excuse and hide others' faults.
The kind of love that Jesus is talking about here is the sacrificial love of the Cross. Not the superficial love of this world."
Today's Bible text focuses on Jesus' reply to the scribe who asked which commandment was greater.
Jesus summarised the law into two: love for God and for one's neighbour. He emphasises love as the greatest command, first towards God and then towards others.
This reflects God's nature as love-God is love. When we show love to our neighbour, we are practically expressing our love for God.
If you profess love to God but neglect your neighbour, your faith is questionable. As God's Children, we are expected to love him with all he has given unto us, especially our hearts.
He wants us to have and display Agape love, which is sacrificial, unselfish and wholehearted for him, and towards our fellow brethren in practical ways - through kindness, forgiveness and compassion.
When you claim to have the love (agape) of God, it must result in love (Philio) for your neighbours; otherwise, your love is fake.
*Insight:* Genuine love expresses itself in practical response to human needs.
*Prayer:* God, fill my heart with genuine love for you and humanity.
*RBT Passage: Deuteronomy 26-27*