Robert L. Alexander, minister

Robert L. Alexander, minister Robert Alexander is a Servant of Christ and a Preacher of the Gospel of Christ

9-6 AM Worshipchurch of Christ , GA Speaker: Robert Alexander
09/07/2026

9-6 AM Worship
church of Christ , GA
Speaker: Robert Alexander

9-6 AM SermonMonroe church of ChristSpeaker: Robert Alexander

9-6 Bible Class Monroe Church of ChristSpeaker: Robert Alexander
09/06/2026

9-6 Bible Class
Monroe Church of Christ
Speaker: Robert Alexander

09/04/2026

(Final article for our Summer Series at the Church of Christ in Monroe, GA Theme: "The Ten Commandments: Article #14: Matthew 22 #2)

Love For Neighbor
Robert Alexander

“Who is my neighbor?”

This is the question asked by the Jewish lawyer to Jesus in Luke 10:29 and is asked on the heels of the lawyer’s quoting of Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 (the latter of which is the written record of the command to love neighbor as self).

To the Jew the answer would have been “my fellow Jew” is my neighbor.

Fast forward to the 21st century and the question of Luke 10:29 is still asked by people today.

The answer to many today to that question of Luke 10:29 is “my neighbor is…”: 1) the person who lives next door to me, 2) the person who looks like me, 3) the person who speaks the same language as me, 4) the person who believes the same as me, 5) etc.…

The question as to who my neighbor is even more important considering that I am to love my neighbor as self.

Jesus’ response to the Jewish lawyer in Luke 10 forever shattered the false conceptions of the Jewish mind then (and even the 21st century mind) of who one’s neighbor is: it is all people. In Luke 10 it is the anyone in need that an individual can help.

This helps bring into focus the responsibility we have to do good unto all (Gal. 6:10), including our enemies (Matt. 5:43-45) because all are our neighbors.

The challenge before is to love all as we love ourselves.

This is the challenge that we will seek to undertake as we close out our summer series at the church of Christ here in Monroe on Wednesday, September 9th at 7 pm. Bro. Greg Dismuke of the Conyers church of Christ in Conyers, GA will be with us to discuss the challenging command to love our neighbor as ourself in light of its Old Testament contexts and its application in the New Testament sense. Please come out as we close out our summer series for 2026.

08/28/2026

(Articles for our Summer Series at the Church of Christ in Monroe, GA Theme: "The Ten Commandments: Article #13: Matthew 22 #1)

The Great Commandment
Robert Alexander

One of the prevailing debates among Jewish scholars was what was the greatest commandment in the law of Moses. They sought to summarize the Law in one general command as to what everything was about.

In Matthew 22:34ff after hearing that Jesus had put the Sadducees to silence, the Pharisees sought to “save face” as it were. One of them, who was a lawyer, asked Jesus a question which was designed to test Him saying: “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” (v36).

Jesus responds, by quoting Deuteronomy 6:5: “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment” (v37-38).

The reason being this is the great command is that everything begins with God and everything revolves around God. In the law of Moses, every other command was based around love for God.
Every other command flows logically from this first command. Every action of obedience stems from love for God.

Jesus Himself stated that if we love Him, we will keep His commandments (Jn. 14:15). John reminded his readers as well of this principle in 1 Jn. 5:3. Love for God results in obedience to all His commands (cf. 1 Cor. 2:9).

Notice as well that love for God involves the totality of the being. Matthew’s account omits “strength,” but Mark and Luke’s have “heart,” “soul,” “mind” and “strength” (Mk. 12:30, Lk. 10:27). In other words, God wants the whole of man. He wanted the whole of Israel then. He wants the whole of us today.

On Wednesday, September 2nd at 7 PM as we begin to wind down our summer series here at the church of Christ here in Monroe, bro. Kyle Rye of the Buford church of Christ in Buford, GA will be with us to present a lesson on the great command to love the Lord as found in Deuteronomy 6:5 and quoted by Jesus in the synoptic gospels. This lesson will look at the significance then of this command and bring it forward to us today. I hope you will join us for this study.

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