The Lord thy God
Talking Jesus "The Lord thy God." Matthew 22:35-37 KJVS Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. What can we learn from the answer Jesus gave to this lawyer? The question was. "Which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus told him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I want to examine the phrase, "the LORD thy God, but focus more on the title "Lord." The Greek word for Lord is kurios. It refers to a person exercising absolute ownership rights, such as a master, owner, or supreme authority, and is used over 700 times in the New Testament to refer to God or Jesus. Here is the foundational Old Testament reference verse. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD ...