How do we love our neighbors as ourselves?

[Christ4Ever]

And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.' The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these." Mark 12:30-31 NLT

One day, a teacher of Jewish religious law asked Jesus which Old Testament law was most important. Jesus answered by directly quoting Deuteronomy 6:4-5, which says, “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God will all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.”

But Jesus didn’t stop there. He went on to explain the other most important commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” This second great commandment, which is found in Leviticus 19:18, is defined very simply in Romans 13:8: “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”

On a practical level, loving your neighbor as yourself means treating people with kindness, patience, and hospitality, showing respect and civility to those with whom you disagree, and making it a point to help meet people’s needs.

Loving your neighbor from your heart helps other people, and it puts you in position to receive God’s blessings.

Prayer: Jesus, I want others to see You in me, so help me love from my heart and in my actions.

 

[B-A-C]

Luke 10:29; But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Luke 10:30; Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
Luke 10:31; "And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:32; "Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:33; "But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
Luke 10:34; and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Luke 10:35; "On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.'
Luke 10:36; "Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"
Luke 10:37; And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."

On a practical level, loving your neighbor as yourself means treating people with kindness, patience, and hospitality, showing respect and civility to those with whom you disagree, and making it a point to help meet people’s needs.

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Rom 13:9; For this, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET," and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."

 

[Brother Paul]

And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.' The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these." Mark 12:30-31 NLT

One day, a teacher of Jewish religious law asked Jesus which Old Testament law was most important. Jesus answered by directly quoting Deuteronomy 6:4-5, which says, “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God will all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.”

But Jesus didn’t stop there. He went on to explain the other most important commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” This second great commandment, which is found in Leviticus 19:18, is defined very simply in Romans 13:8: “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”

On a practical level, loving your neighbor as yourself means treating people with kindness, patience, and hospitality, showing respect and civility to those with whom you disagree, and making it a point to help meet people’s needs.

Loving your neighbor from your heart helps other people, and it puts you in position to receive God’s blessings.

Prayer: Jesus, I want others to see You in me, so help me love from my heart and in my actions.

Isaiah 58:6-12 and Matthew 25:31-46 pleases the Lord. Emulate Him.