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City Harbor Church – Hampden, Baltimore, MD

What does it mean to be “with” God, as described in Matthew 22:37?

Receive all God has for us.
Respond with wholehearted devotion.
Reflect God’s love to others.

1. Receive all God has for us.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 ESV

“If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. We believe with our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we declare with our mouths that we believe, and so we are saved.” – Romans 10:9-10 NCV

“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you, and will be in you.” – John 14:15-17 CSB

“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” – Ephesians 1:7

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” – James 1:17

2. Respond with wholehearted devotion.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.” – Matthew 22:37 Deuteronomy 6:5 NCV

“Remain in me, and I will remain in you.” – John 15:4 NCV

“If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love.” – John 15:10 NCV

“Dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:1 NLT

3. Reflect God’s love to others.

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“Love your neighbor as yourself.” – Matthew 22:39 CSB

“Love each other as I have loved you.” – John 15:12 NCV

“Go and make followers of all people in the world.” – Matthew 28:19 NCV

“You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 CSB

Romans 8:35
“Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings or hunger or nakedness or danger or violent death? As it is written in the Scriptures: ‘For you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.’ (Psalm 44:22) But in all these things we are completely victorious through God who showed his love for us. Yes, I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor ruling spirits, nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us, nothing below us, nor anything else in the whole world will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:35-39 NCV