“The Great and First Commandment”
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October 21, 2022

“The Great and First Commandment”

by Alistair Begg

Matthew 22:34–40
 (ID: 3639)

Does Jesus’ response in the New Testament to a lawyer’s question about the greatest commandment abolish the law as found in the Old Testament? By no means! Alistair Begg emphasizes that loving both God and neighbor does not replace what was previously commanded. In fact, Jesus’ statements are actually a summary of the law. And under His new covenant, God now fashions believers’ hearts to receive and joyfully obey this great commandment.

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Matthew 22:34–40

The Great Commandment

34bBut when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced cthe Sadducees, they gathered together. 35dAnd one of them, ea lawyer, asked him a question fto test him. 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37And he said to him, g“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And ha second is like it: iYou shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40jOn these two commandments depend kall the Law and the Prophets.”

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.