sermon 06.26.11

Deuteronomy 10

12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD

your God ask of you but to fear the LORD

your God, to walk in all his ways, to love

him, to serve the LORD your God with all

your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to

observe the LORD’s commands and

decrees that I am giving you today for your

own good?

Deuteronomy 10 14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even

the highest heavens, the earth and everything in

it. 15 Yet the LORD set his affection on your

forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their

descendants, above all the nations, as it is

today. 16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do

not be stiff-necked any longer. 17 For the LORD your

God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great

God, mighty and awesome, who shows no

partiality and accepts no bribes.

Deuteronomy 10 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,

and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. 19 And

you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves

were aliens in Egypt. 20 Fear the LORD your God and serve

him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his

name. 21 He is your praise; he is your God, who performed

for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with

your own eyes. 22 Your forefathers who went down into

Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has

made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 10

18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and

the widow, and loves the alien, giving him

food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10 19 And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.

Leviticus 19:34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Luke 5:31-32 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Luke 6:35-36 35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Matthew 22:37-38 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Acts 1:8 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:41 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

Acts 2:42-47 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.