The Great Commandment
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What is our most important duty? From his sermon series in the gospel of Mark, today R.C. Sproul reminds us that we're not to love God simply for the gifts and benefits we receive from His hand—but we're to love Him for who He is in Himself.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | We're not to love God simply for all of the wonderful gifts and benefits that we receive from |
| 0:06.1 | his hand, but we're to love him for who he is in himself. |
| 0:12.0 | We don't really progress in the Christian life until we understand that, that to love God |
| 0:17.7 | is to love him because he is lovely. |
| 0:23.5 | He is wonderful. |
| 0:25.8 | And he is worthy of the creature's unqualified affection. |
| 0:42.3 | Which commandment is the most important of all? When Jesus was asked this question, in his answer, he said, you shall love the Lord your God |
| 0:48.3 | with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. Do you love God like that? Do I? |
| 0:57.0 | Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind as we come to the conclusion of a short series in Mark's Gospel, |
| 1:05.0 | in which R. C. Sprole has examined some of the questions that were posed to Jesus, some questions to stump him and others |
| 1:12.2 | out of curiosity. And today, we learn what the Great Commandment is and what it means to love God. |
| 1:20.1 | As this is the final sermon in this series, it also means it's the final Sunday to request |
| 1:25.7 | R.C. Sprole's hardcover commentary on the entirety of the |
| 1:29.2 | Gospel of Mark. If you'd like a copy, simply give a donation in support of renewing your mind |
| 1:34.7 | before midnight tonight at Renewing Your Mind.org. Thank you for extending the reach of this |
| 1:40.9 | listener-supported podcast. So, which commandment is the most important of all? |
| 1:47.2 | Here's Dr. Spurrell. |
| 1:50.9 | Mark 12, 28 to 34. Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, |
| 2:00.1 | perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, |
| 2:05.7 | which is the first commandment of all? Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is, |
| 2:15.3 | here, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the |
| 2:22.1 | Lord's your God with all of your heart, with all of your soul, with all of your mind, and with all of |
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