The Great Shema
Our Greatest Confession & Commandments

Lesson 3 - What is our Second Greatest Commandment?

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  • I am to love my neighbor as I love myself.

    Commandment

  • The second is this: "'You shall love your neighbor as yourself." There is no other commandment greater than these.'"

    Memory Verse: Mark 12:31

  • "You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD."

    Leviticus 19:18

  • So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

    Matthew 7:12

IN THIS LESSON

your child will learn about our most important command for our relationships with others & its application in their daily life

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Download the handouts.

  2. Look up the passage of Scripture.

  3. Read the passage of Scripture.

  4. Pray for understanding from the Holy Spirit.

  5. Explain each word or phrase using the Teaching Handout.

  6. For young children give them the coloring page to color.

  7. For older children give them the markup worksheet.

  8. For imaginative children, give them the blank worksheet.

  9. Instruct them to follow the pattern or draw/write thoughts, images & other ideas that come to their minds in response to the passage of Scripture.

  10. Memorize the passage of Scripture.

  11. Spend a week on this passage of Scripture. Some nights might just be a simple review.

  12. Close in prayer.

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE

  1. Exodus 3:1–22

  2. Matthew 22:34–40

  3. Mark 12:28–34

  4. Luke 10:25–28

  5. Matthew 7:12–14

  6. Romans 13:8–11

COLORING WORD RELATIONSHIPS

HANDOUTS