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Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

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All right, guys, we have made it all the way here to Element 10 of A Godly man, but before we get there, let's just talk about what we've hit over the last couple of weeks. Element one of a godly man a godly man has surrendered his life to Christ. Element two a godly man is selfless. Element three a godly man strives for holiness. Element four a godly man is repentant. Element five a godly man loves his wife as Christ loved the church. Element six a godly man is sexually pure. Element seven a godly man protects his mind. Element eight a godly man is humble. And element nine a godly man does not rely on his own strength alone. So here we are the last element, element 10 of a godly man A godly man loves God and his neighbor.

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Let's go right into the scripture today. Let's go to the gospel of Mark, chapter 12, starting in verse 28. And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another and, seeing that he answered them well, asked him which commandment is the most important of all? Jesus answered the most important is hear, o Israel, the Lord, our God. The Lord is one, and you shall love the Lord, your God, with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your mind and with all of your strength. The second is this you shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said to him you are right, teacher, you have truly said that he is one and there is no other besides him. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding, with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that, he answered wisely. He said to him you are not far from the kingdom of God. And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions. I'll just say at the very end there I laugh out loud every single time I read that. And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions because he just kept smacking them around. Jesus is just a masterclass, right. But there's actually a line from Matthew's description of this scene that we see in Matthew 22, verse 40.

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On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. So let's talk about that. All the law. Okay, so that includes the 10 commandments that we see in Exodus 20. But then it also includes the Jewish tradition, which identifies 613 commandments that are known as the misfat. Okay, so that's 365 negative commandments these are prohibitions, and that corresponds to the number of days in a year. And then you add to that 248 positive commandments these are obligations, and that corresponds to the number of bones or significant parts in the human body. Okay, so that's all the law. That's a lot, but then he says also all the prophets.

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So in the Bible we have the five major prophets, that's Isaiah, jeremiah Lamentations, which is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah Ezekiel and Daniel. Then we have the minor prophets, hosea, joel, amos, abadiah, jonah, micah, nahum, habakkuk, zephaniah, haggai, zechariah and Malachi, and so together these form the 17 prophetic books of the Old Testament. But there are other prophets that are in the Old Testament and aside from these, the Old Testament mentions prophets like Moses, elijah, elisha, samuel, nathan, gad, ahijah, shemaiah, edo and Huldah. Okay, so, and there are also groups of unnamed prophets, right, such as the sons of prophets that we see in second Kings, and there are various other prophetic figures. So I say all that to say this, guys, that there were a lot of laws and there were a lot of words passed down by a lot of prophets, okay, but Jesus, in this moment, this is kind of his, his. Like, hey, this is the last play of the game. We're on the two yard line. Lean in, guys, if you don't hear anything else. Like here's the last play. This is what you need to understand. This is where it all boils down to.

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So, guys, if you don't remember anything else from the last two weeks here on the daily blade, remember these two things. Number one If you haven't surrendered your life to christ, then none of this matters. Like, why are you even listening to the show? Because you like how Joby sounds when he talks, you like how I sound when I talk. You know we entertain you sometimes and we give you a little nugget to go on with your day.

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But, guys, if you haven't surrendered your life to Christ, that's what you need to be focused on. And that's step one. And the second is this above being selfless, striving for holiness, being repentant, loving your wife as Christ loved the church, being sexually pure, protecting your mind, being humble and refusing to rely on your own strength, you are to one. Love the Lord, your God, with all of your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. And two love your neighbor as yourself. If you want to crack the code on humanity, on being a good dude or being a godly dude, that's it. That's the ticket. It's it right there, above everything else, after you've surrendered your life to Christ, love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, with all your strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.

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Guys, if you take that mandate seriously, you will spend the rest of your life perfecting it, and it's going to be impossible to get there right. You'll never arrive. It's like oh, I have perfectly loved God with my heart, soul, mind and strength, and I've loved every neighbor as I would myself. You are going to have issues. The sanctification process is long for everybody, longer for others than it is for some, but it's long. It's going to take you the rest of your life, but that should be what you wake up and when your feet hit the floor, that should be the first thing that you think about is I need to love God with my heart, soul, mind and strength, with all of it, and to love my neighbor as myself. Guys, I appreciate you being here with us for the last two weeks.

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Element 10 of A Godly man. A godly man loves God and his neighbor. Guys, if you have not shared this show around with buddies that are in your life, do not keep this a secret. Share it around. Have a good weekend and get ready for Joby on Monday.

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