Soli Deo Gloria
Mark 12:28-34
Sermon
by Mark McGilvey Livonia

"SDG" -- Soli Deo Gloria, "to God alone be the glory." On each manuscript he completed, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote these three letters. When we imprint those three letters on everything we do, we are living as God would have us live. Soli Deo Gloriato -- God alone be the glory.

A teacher of the law asked our Lord, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"

"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: `Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'" As soon as the teacher heard Jesus' answer he knew the Master answered correctly.

Ten times a variation of the verse Jesus quoted appears in the Old Testament. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, s…

by Mark McGilvey Livonia