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27th May 2025

05-27-25 part 1: The Two Commands That Change Everything

A) The Trap in Disguise

Dr. Spoon leads us into Matthew 22:34–40, where the Pharisees attempt to trap Jesus with a deceptively simple question: “What is the greatest commandment in the law of Moses?” This wasn’t a genuine inquiry—it was a setup. Dr. Spoon highlights that not every question posed to believers (or to Jesus) is sincere. Many aim to trip us up. But Jesus, with divine clarity, sees past their motives and responds with a summary that silences the room: love God fully—with all your heart, soul, and mind.

B) The Divine Order of Love

Jesus not only answers the question but gives a divine order to our spiritual lives. Dr. Spoon stresses that loving God comes first—always. This isn’t a bumper-sticker slogan; it’s a foundational truth. Our hearts, minds, and souls are to be directed first toward God before anything else. Without this vertical love, our horizontal love for others will falter. Dr. Spoon reminds us that trying to love our neighbor without loving God first is like building a house without a foundation—it won't stand.

C) The Call to Neighborly Love

Following His first commandment, Jesus immediately gives a second: love your neighbor as yourself. But Dr. Spoon is quick to clarify—this is not a substitute for loving God. It’s an extension of it. He explains that our ability to love others properly hinges on understanding our own worth in God’s eyes. If we don't believe we are valuable—because God loves and redeemed us—we won’t be able to offer love to others in a healthy, Christlike way. Self-loathing blocks effective neighborly love.

D) The Only Glasses That Work

Closing the message, Dr. Spoon reminds us to examine the "glasses" through which we view people. Like Saul in the Old Testament who saw David with eyes of jealousy, we too can wear lenses tainted by bitterness, pride, or assumptions. But when we truly love God and let His love transform us, our perspective on others shifts. We become grace-givers, not fault-finders. Love God. Love others. It’s not just a motto—it’s the heartbeat of the Gospel, and the prescription for Kingdom vision.

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David Spoon was born and raised in a Jewish home in Detroit, Michigan. He attended a private Hebrew school called Hillel Hebrew Academy. David was bar mitzvah-ed at the age of thirteen. Not long after, he was involved in drug abuse and trafficking. After hearing the Gospel for the first time at age seventeen, David accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. A few months later, David had a dramatic experience with God. Immediately set free from years of excessive drug use, he committed himself to ministry and to furthering the Kingdom of God.

He attended Arizona Bible College, Northern Arizona University, and Life Pacific College, graduating summa-cum-laude in their Ministry and Leadership program. He also graduated with honors from Regent University with a master’s degree in Theological Studies and earned his Doctor of Ministry degree in Strategic Christian Ministry at Liberty University.

He is one of a few individuals holding ministerial ordinations from three separate denominations: Heritage Free Baptist Organization, 1981; Independent Pentecostal Ministers Association, 1985; and Vineyard Valley Association, 1988. He was also the Chaplain for the Flagstaff Police Department. In addition, David was the senior pastor of Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Flagstaff.

In addition, David started and co-hosted two different live Christian call-in radio talk shows. He hosted the very popular radio show “The David Spoon Experience” on KPRZ 1210 and a show called “To Know Him,” which aired on 88.9 on the F.M. dial-in Temecula, California at 1:00 p.m., Monday through Fridays. He was also the Director of Local Ministry for Salem Media Group in San Diego, California.

David is married to his best friend, Noelle. He has three children and seven grandchildren, plus their two dogs named Levi and Bert. On March 18th, 2019, he started “The David Spoon Experience” in Texas and is growing with his audience of awesome believers and non-believers alike.

He is the President of He Must Increase Ministry, a 501c3 ministry, and is hosting (again) the live daily radio show “The David Spoon Experience” with DJR Broadcasting in KAAM, on the 770 A.M. radio dial. The show is also on various apps and the Internet.

David is a Jewish-Christian, Bapti-Costal, Cal-Minian, Manifold Millennialist.

Just ask him.