What if you’re almost there?

Big Ideas - Mark 12:28-34 - You’re not far from the Kingdom of God - Jesus is not afraid of your questions. - His response to the man is, “Keep going!” - You get it. What’s the next step? - How can we stretch ourselves in this? - Don’t obsess with counter examples of the most difficult people to love - Focus on the quality of our love, not perfection - Quality of Love - Loving God and neighbor with our everything means the two must overlap and be the same thing - God is the source of all love - He isn’t the most loving, he is love - Our goal is to be united to God, to become love - God’s vision for us isn’t “rational”, it’s so much better - The only way for you to become this love is to experience it - To experience that the God of the universe actually loves you - It doesn’t stay abstract - He is rejecting all of our rational, tepid love for our neighbor - Our invitation is to create loving communion with all of our neighborsQuestions - Do you feel safe to ask Jesus your hard questions? - Do you feel safe to ask us your hard questions? - How would your love of neighbors look different if it was the same as your love of God? - What do you think about the idea that God isn’t “the most loving”, but that he IS love? - If God’s hope for us is that we would love our neighbors, what’s a step you could take with yours? - Our hope is to have communion with our neighbors. What do you think that looks like? - Do you think that someone could directly experience the welcome and affection of God through you? - How can we help each other do this this week?