Service | Ordinary Time | 6.7.26
- Preacher
- Steve DeNeff
- Tradition
- Christian (Unspecified)
- Published
- Length
- 1:03:39
About this sermon
Andrea Summers: We Love God Wholly God did not rescue Israel from slavery simply to give them rules. He rescued them to form them into a holy people whose hearts belonged wholly to Him. In Exodus 20, God frees His people externally. In Mark 12, Jesus reveals that the commandments are fundamentally relational, rooted in love of God and neighbor. In 1 Thessalonians 5, we see God’s final intention: not just outward obedience, but inward transformation of spirit, soul, and body through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. True freedom is not the absence of restraint, but a heart so transformed by the Holy Spirit that obedience becomes love rather than coercion. God’s goal is not merely compliant behavior, but wholehearted devotion.
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