Jesus says your worst one—your enemy. That seems a bit over the top Jesus! Then Jesus says I’m to live pure and holy. And that feels so restrictive. Or Jesus says to be generous and give to everyone who asks of you. Come on? Really? I can’t do that. Maybe when I have a ...
43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor.(Leviticus 19:18)Hate your enemy.’44But here is what I tell you. Love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you.45Then you will be sons of your Father who is in heaven. ...
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 ...
In Matthew 5, Christ says: You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies… In Luke 6: But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies… God, who is love, has told us to love... including our enemy. How...
5:43 ‘Love your neighbor’ Quotation from Leviticus 19:18. 5:44 you Some Greek copies continue, “Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you.” Compare Luke 6:28. Matthew 5 King James Version 5 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he wa...
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 ...
Loving Your Neighbor In A Pandemic Posted onMarch 14, 2020bytheboeskool 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 fears —...
If Jesus says take care of the poor, if the golden rule is do unto others as you’d have others do unto you, or love your neighbor, all these beautiful ideals and we travel and we see that need out there, it makes it tough to come home and ignore it. ...
1. Love Your Enemies! OK, you have to admit this is a pretty radical concept... “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of ...
“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 ...