The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of JesusSeeing rightly, says Mark Labberton, is the beginning of how our hearts are changed. Through careful self-examination in the Spirit, we begin to bear the fruit of love toward others that can make a difference....
But perhaps, most of all, loving your neighbor as yourself. “‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Matthew 12:31 “But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!” Matthew 5:44 There is no fear in love. But perfect love ...
Jesus taught us a very important lesson, “Love your neighbor as yourself”. For every one who faithfully follows God, all life is precious. All life should be loved, cherished and protected. That includes the born and the unborn. So it’s right and reasonable for all God loving people ...
When Jesus said to love your neighbor “as yourself,”he simply was emphasizing how important it is to love your neighbor,to be genuinely concerned for others’ welfare. He was not adding a third commandment or a precondition to loving others Let’s look at another verse that helps...
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your ...
Loving Your Neighbor In A Pandemic Posted on March 14, 2020 by theboeskool This coronavirus has got people SCARED. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen people this scared in my lifetime. Not even after 9/11. I think people are much more comfortable when we can put a FACE to our fe...
The last six are grouped under “loving your neighbor as yourself.” Again, the example is that if you love your neighbor, you will”do unto them as you would yourself” by not stealing, lying, coveting their wife, etc. Jesus Did Not Eliminate Even One of the Commandments ...
But no, this John, who sees much more clearly than most of us, sees it differently. After all, his Teacher Jesus said love your neighbor as yourself. If you cannot love the present real persons in your life, you cannot be truly loving the not-so-present, not so in-your-face God th...
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“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the ...