Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
Love is at the Core S29e18 Dt6:1
If you peel the onion of any command of God, you'll find at the core: LOVE.
By extension then, At the core of your relationship with the commandments of God should be an affectionate relationship with the Person of God.
Obedience to the commandment of God is INSEPERABLE from the love of God for us, and our love for Him.
So today, I WISH YOU LOVE: love of the commandments and the love for the Commander of the commandments. subscribe:
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What is at the core of all the “commandments?” S29e18 Dt6:1
4 “Hear, O Podcast listener: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Today we’ll learn:
Obedience to the commandment of God is INSEPERABLE from the love of God for us, and our love for Him.
We’ve been learning and admiring and exposing ourselves to 10 comm
The Lord has given of Himself in the revelation of His commands
He shows us who He is, by what He asks us to do. The character of the Commander determines the conduct of the commandee
Reveals something about HIM and about ME
Awe for Him. Right attitude and right ACTION for me.
Inclined to listen . COME AT THIS WITH THE RIGHT ACTION ATTITUDETODAY
What is at the core of my relationship with the 10 commandments and the Commander of the commandments?
Obedience to the commandment of God is INSEPERABLE from the love of God for us, and our love for Him.
KEEP THIS command in mind as you think about the 10 commandments:
YOU shall LOVE…The Lord your God with all your heart and soul and might
Who? You this command is for YOU. And the Lord your God.
Why? Not optional.
Scope: with all. Extensive. Comprehensive. Without rival. Or compromise
This command Demanded OF you to do . but demanded FOR you to be
This is the HEART of the 10 commandments: LOVE
The HEART of the 10 commandments is what happens to your HEART
If holiness is at the core of the Commander
What is at the core of OBEDIENCE for the comandee? You’ll never guess: It is love. Thorough. Complete. Multi-chambered.
Love of heart. Human, earthly affection. I like you and I cannot wait to see you. Love with warmth.
Love of soul. Fondness spiritually. Deep, ongoing, satisfaction of knowledge. Love with appreciation for all He’s done, doing and planning.
Love of might: effort. Energy. Calendar. Decision. Planning. Til tired
6 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, 2 that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. OBEY3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. BE CAREFUL. Who does want it to go well, prosper in people, in promise, in PLACE and in the PRESENCE OF GOD. But wait there’s MORE:
4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
You, dear listener, are to have a relationship with God demonstrating the fruits of the spirit, and here, the fruits of the 10 commandments.
Yes the BOUNDARIES of our relationship with God are indeed these commandments. We Unapologetically follow the ORDERS of God
But, here is the lightbulb: within these borders we find the freedom of a shameless love relationship with the Almighty
Every once in a while, you might come to a known border:
Oh yeah, I shouldn’t covet here. Or, I could honor my father in this way. Or, I shouldn’t carve and image that distracts from God.
But most of the time the zip code we should live in with God is…wait for it…LOVE. Enthusiastic. Multidimentional love.
The daily, practical touch point of the 10 commandments is love.
The lived-in experience of the 10 commandments is love
When you put on the 10 commandments, The most recognizable outer garment should be LOVE
At the core of your relationship with the commandments of God should be an affectionate relationship with the Person of God. HS. Jesus.
This is my prayer for you: that you would keep the 10 commandments by being kept in a love relationship with Jesus, Spirit, and Father.
When you think about COMMANDS, think about LOVE.
You can only understand the commands of God by understaning the LOVE of God.
Obedience to the commandment of God is INSEPERABLE from the love of God for us, and our love for Him. I WISH YOU LOVE. The love of the commandments and the love for the commandments