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"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." My neighbor is the person next to me, with whom I rub elbows from time to time. He is the one whom God has placed upon my pathway, that naturally and spiritually I may be influenced by my contact with him and he may be benefited by his contact with me. That
Who is my neighbor? Anyone whom God places in my path. Loving the neighbor can take many forms, but basically it means seeking his good and salvation even though that may require a loving rebuke at times. May God give us grace to walk in obedience to this command. Psalter 24:1-3. March 1 Read Exodus
May our attention, while now focused on love for the neighbor, be also always focused on our reason for doing this, that is, on our love for God in the first place. The neighbor, anyone whom God puts on our pathway, we must love as ourselves. This love of self with the purpose in mind also of loving
I have only touched upon the idea of love toward the neighbor. I would like to conclude by saying that having the truth and knowing it is only the beginning, the right beginning! Love is an action in our lives. God said He loved His people and He performed the works for their redemption. If we love
How easy it could be just to forget about the aged, and go about ones many tasks. Yet, some of these families; spouses, children, even grandchildren come so often! How faithfully they show their love for their neighbor. I also am reminded by these faithful visitors of the great commandment in Matth
Envy. My neighbor has a nicer house, a newer automobile, nicer clothing, or whatever. He holds a position I would like to have, or draws a larger pay check than I do. He has an office in the church for which I am better qualified than he. What an untold misery I bring on myself as I mull over my lot
When we understand what being a neighbor entails, we are not really interested in the question “who is my neighbor?” We certainly love those that love us, but we really don’t know the love of God yet, really aren’t being neighbors, until we “love our enemies, bless them that curse us, do good to the
Therefore, shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave, cleave, love, His wife. They were united in perfect, unashamed love as husband and wife. They didn't need a specific commandment. God didn't have to say to Adam, now love your wife. He did. He simply was made to love. And he l
I do not love my unbelieving neighbor because I know that God loves him. But I do love him for God’s sake. Love for the neighbor is not rooted in a desire simply to be a decent human being. Atheists believe it is possible to love the neighbor without any love for God. Some of these atheists expresse