Immigrants are our neighbors, and we have a greater opportunity in this day to
love our neighbors as Jesus would.
Is it possible to really
love our neighbors as Jesus commanded and at the same time withdraw into our Christian «tribe» where most of our neighbors are de facto excluded?
Not exact matches
Good point Jack, but the «book» that muslims follow, regardless of training or translation, gives Christians chills because it places the dispensation of
Jesus: «
Love thy
neighbor as thyself» under and beneath the later dispensation of Muhammed which in fact harks back to the old testament, earlier Hebraic tribal codes.
Jesus said all the laws of the prophets can be summed up in «
love God and
love your
neighbor as your self».
The great thing about
Jesus» teachings is that all of the laws and commandments from the Bible, many of which you just posted, will be followed by someone who
loves God with all of their heart, all of their mind and all of their soul; and if they
love their
neighbor as themselves.
We are living under the new covenant, not OT law -
Jesus said the law can be summed up in only 2 laws:
love your
neighbor as yourself and
love God with all your heart.
In fact,
Jesus» main two teaching points (which are in the Bible repeatedly) are to
love God and to
love your
neighbor as yourself.
This article was a beautiful statement of what
Jesus said was the 2nd Commandment «
Love your
neighbor as yourself», which is exactly what Kerry Egan is doing.
Jesus said the greatest commandment is to
love your God with all your heart and
love your
neighbor as yourself.
I mean, can't we adopt a strategy that focuses on the «
love for one another» that fulfills / focuses on the mandate of «
love our
neighbor» — which is impled and stated by both
Jesus and Paul
as of most importance.
Jesus says that in order to be «saved» one must only, «
love God with all your heart and
love your
neighbor as you
love yourself.»
people cant look at god threw your religion when most Christians cant live what
Jesus teaches,
love your
neighbor as yourself.
Jesus proclaimed many progressive ideas, none greater than
loving your
neighbor as yourself, but not one word denouncing slavery.
The true and only God moral has been brought by
Jesus and can be summed up in this law: «
Love Your
Neighbor as Yourself»
We are all God's children and
as a family we should have a
love that is the
love of
neighbor that
Jesus Christ wants us to have for each other....
Such advice would be well regarded anywhere in the civilized world, echoing
Jesus's commandment to «
love your
neighbor as yourself.»
Jesus did abolish slavery and all the other misery for men with this law: «
Love Your
Neighbor as Yourself»
The motivation behind this vast global work centers on the simple charge given by
Jesus so many years ago to «
love thy
neighbor as thyself.»
If you feel like God is telling you to leave, before doing that, there are always opportunities to,
as you said, to do things like «personally
loving our
neighbors, hanging out with «sinners,» spending time with societal rejects, defending the cause of the weak, and a variety of other ways of living that look just like
Jesus.»
Jesus Christ made that abundantly clear when he said that the greatest commandment is, «
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,» and then followed it up with a second commandment: «
Love your
neighbor as yourself.»
This contradicts not only the fifth commandment but
Jesus» own instruction to «
Love thy
neighbor as thyself.»
Jesus is reported to have said «
Love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.&ra
Love God with all your heart and
love your neighbor as yourself.&ra
love your
neighbor as yourself.»
Neither approach is balanced, but
Jesus» directive to
love our
neighbors as we
love ourselves benefits both self and others best.
Jesus taught us to
love our
neighbors as ourselves, and we render this in terms of the cliches of pop psychology.
Of course, if we were truly doing a good job
loving our
neighbors,
as Jesus instructed, there would be nothing for Bill Maher to ridicule.
As Christians, our most «deeply held religious belief» is that
Jesus Christ died on the cross for sinful people, and that in imitation of that, we are called to
love God, to
love our
neighbors, and to
love even our enemies to the point of death.
Jesus taught us to
love God and
love our
neighbor and to do
as we would be done to, which words,
as I see it, serve
as a guide in deciding whether we do the things that make us feel good.
Imagine if those of us who claim to follow
Jesus Christ actually
loved our
neighbors as we
loved ourselves.
The mission of God to redeem the world is therefore our mission,
as together we pursue justice, celebrate beauty,
love our
neighbors, and share the good news that God is building a new kingdom in our midst under the authority of
Jesus Christ.
I feel certain that people are indeed capable of doing great good, and that deep down, we want to
love our
neighbors as ourselves, just
as Jesus taught.
Hence,
Jesus says «
Love your
neighbor as yourself» (Matthew 19:19; Mark 12:31); and «By this will they know you are my disciples» (John 13:35).
For example, he rightly points out that
Jesus says, «You have heard that it was said, «You shall
love your
neighbor and hate your enemy»» (Matthew 5:38), but what he doesn't say is that there is a reason
Jesus uses the expression, «that it was said» instead of his usual expression, «have you not read» or «
as it is written» when he references scriptural passages.
Christians have debated the topics of divinity and trinity for two thousand years, but all agree that the most important thing
Jesus taught was
love —
love God with all your heart,
love your
neighbor as yourself, and
love even your enemies.
Obama has nothing to fear on judgment day for he did the will of God and Obeyed
Jesus» last commandment —
LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF --
Instead of such methods,
Jesus instructed his followers to
love God with their entire being and their
neighbors as themselves.
What God requires above all else for salvation is our acceptance of
Jesus Christ
as our Lord and Savior, our repentance for sin, our moral obedience to his call, and our willingness to try to
love God and our
neighbor with the full dedication of our lives.
Jesus proclaimed the right brain version of recipriocity «
Love thy
neighbor» to be the greatest commandment the same
as loving the All Mighty with all of your heart, mind, and soul.
Putting
Jesus to the test, a professionally accomplished lawyer asked for a definition of a «
neighbor,» the
love of whom
Jesus had set forth
as the second great ideal for human life.
Laws are best that reflect the 10 commandments and culture is best when it reflects the command of
Jesus to «
love your
neighbor as yourself».
In the teachings of
Jesus the key - note is the two great commandments: the call to
love God supremely and to
love our
neighbor as ourselves.
Loving one's
neighbor as Jesus tells us to do is often the standard by which the world recognizes those who follow
Jesus.
Otherwise we must invent an explanation of
Jesus» command to «
love your
neighbors as yourselves» that does not resemble
Jesus.
Or how about the proverb in which
Jesus said that the 2 most important commandments were
Love your Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yours
Love your Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and
love your neighbor as yours
love your
neighbor as yourself?
This principle of
neighbor love is recognized by both
Jesus and Paul
as the summary and essence of the entire Jewish law.
As a follower of
Jesus, however, I do need to heed his words to
love the people in my world, my «
neighbors» — Not just the people on my block, but everyone I come in contact with — with his
love.
Jesus died for my sins and asks me to
love God and my
neighbor as myself.
In fact there seems to be a few things that the bible says we have been saved by...
Jesus (Romans 5:9), grace and faith, (Ephesians 2:8) believing (mark 16:16), confessing that
Jesus is Lord and believing
Jesus was raised from the dead by God (Romans 10:9),
Love God and your
Neighbor (Luke 10:25 - 28), repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10), baptism (1 Peter 3:21), Endurance (Matthew 24:13), works (which is best described
as actions and not good deeds)(James 2:24) and obeying (Matthew 7:21).
Yup,
Love you
neighbor as yourself, take care of the orphans and widows, visit the sick, and teachings about some silly guy named
Jesus who went around rebuking the religious and healing the sick and demonized.
In his letter to the early Church, the Apostle James writes that we must show no partiality and reiterates what
Jesus said was the greatest commandment in relation to our fellow human beings — to
love our
neighbor as we
love ourselves (James 2:1, 8).
Since it is the faith that marks us
as Christians, the life self - consciously lived in
love of God and
neighbor according to
Jesus» precepts, then we can disagree on doctrines and still share this faith.