If you could sum up your life's purpose in one statement, what would it be?
In Matthew 22:36-40, Jesus was asked a similar question by a teacher of the Law:
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
In this passage, Jesus uncovers God’s foremost priorities, the reason we are here on earth is to:
love God with all that we are, and love people.
There is no greater pursuit, nothing more important in life than these two things. That’s why at JIBC, our mission statement is very simple: “Love God, Love People”