It comes in standing with those whose faith carries them through the persevering fight for justice long enough to see actual change for anyone
who loves their neighbors as themselves.
You can be a Jew or Christian
who loves his neighbor as himself or not.
They also have spiritual people
who love their neighbor as themselves.
Not exact matches
What originally began
as a show about three California Institute of Technology physicists (and one engineer, Howard,
who has his master's from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and a quirky «actress»
neighbor, has progressed into a full cast surrounding a
love of science and odd friendship.
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.
Now, Job after his bought with «pride» he ask YHWH for his forgiveness, and was later blessed with more sons and daughters
who did the law,
who were good children and an even better wife, and he lived for four generations of his children and their children, and died a very happy and fulfilled life, knowing that all of his family was left with
love, and peace and togetherness among each other, now this is true life, living righteously and wholesome by ourselves and by others around us is what we are all suppose to live like, caring for your
neighbors faithfully, and all be
as one now not after it is too late but now we need the law of righteousness from YHWH, the 10 commandments, the sabbath, a day of rest, and the passover to remember the ones
who died innocently, and to remember the freedom of our lives given by YHWH and do good by one another and not let each other fall, right now is what we need in this world today people.
Love God and your
neighbor as yourself and SEVERELY BEAT that slave
who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will.
All noteworthy quests» from the persistent and annoying
neighbor in the New Testament
who knocks on the door for bread in the middle of the night (and serves
as one model for how we should pray) to Homer's Odysseus,
who seeks to return home» have something in common: They know what they want and
love, and they shape their lives to the pursuit of it.
Imagine if those of us
who claim to follow Jesus Christ actually
loved our
neighbors as we
loved ourselves.
Then you can have Protestants or Shintos,
who love their
neighbor, and God
as they understand him, and they go to heaven.
When I said above that I believe we're only to
love God and those
who believe in God, I was speaking in terms of the command to
love one another and the command to
love our
neighbors as ourselves (I believe the «one another» and «
neighbor» is only referring to believers and non-Jewish believers —
as per the Parable of the Good Samaritan).
They can look at a passage like «
Love your
neighbor as yourself» and know that their
neighbor may be the person sitting beside them in church, but that
neighbor could also be someone
who doesn't even attend church.
This is going to be a shock — the men
who actually wrote all the parts in the Bible and made changes to the infrastructure of Christianity — including Constantine circa 300 AD in Rome — were not afraid of unleashing the occasional metaphor... in other words the Bible is not entirely literal — no, you are supposed to use your imagination... In many cases the disciples didn't actually witness an event — it was long distance and time altered hearsay — God figured Man could handle that... So don't be afraid to dilute - God's cool with that —
as long
as you do the right thing in life — feed the poor, help your
neighbor, don't kill or covet - just be a good and decent person - smile,
love and give generously... God doesn't need robots — He wants thoughtful individuals
who help!!!
As we try to get our orthodox Christian message out —
love of God,
love of
neighbor, and the call to live according to his design — fury will only serve to lose the respect of the many
who have already tuned out all the shouting between left and right.
Loving one's
neighbor as Jesus tells us to do is often the standard by which the world recognizes those
who follow Jesus.
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.
As the body of Christ, our only entitlement is to Jesus Christ Himself,
who asks us specifically to
love our
neighbor.
you really have to dig thru some sh-t to get to the gems, modern christians
who claim the founding fathers on their side should keep this in mind, these men where largely liberal intellectuals with a practical bent and where not the judeo / christian zealots that some try and make them out to be, jeffersons take on jesus is wonderful and it is useful in the modern world where we really need to focus more on the lessons of jesus than THE RULES in the entire bible,
as jesus said ABOVE ALL ELSE
love neighbor as yourself, jefferson had a great mind and his approach to spiritual matters like this is great
Really?!!! That is what my problem has been all these years of «
loving my
neighbor as myself» and «give of anyone
who asks you» or «Truth in
Love».
And the president actually, in his heart believes in Christ's wish, «
love thy
neighbor as thy self, THIS is the GREATEST commandment»
Who knows what Romney really cares about.
Then there are those
who are offended precisely because they DO know what Jesus taught — all that «
love your
neighbor as yourself» and «whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me» stuff — and proceed to ignore it because,
as one commenter said recently, «we're not willing to do all those things anyway...»
I want him to be free not only to pursue his own happiness, but to
love God and his
neighbors in the radical way of that rebel from Nazareth
who saved the world not
as a national hero, but
as a crucified enemy of the state.
As someone who believes in God whole heartedly and feels he is the way through alot of the darkness on this earth but also the way to celebrate our greatest joys.I am happy she has found the love of God.But I to find the choice of religion somewhat suspiscious.As others have pointed out the dicotomy makes one wonder if the fact that her boyfriend is a Catholic has alot to do with her choice.Alot of women and men for that matter find conform to what their partners religion is because it is just easier and more comfortable at home for them.Now I am not saying this is what happened in this case.but it is somehting ti ponder.For me loving God and your neighbor as much as yourself are the most important part of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause of alot of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion
As someone
who believes in God whole heartedly and feels he is the way through alot of the darkness on this earth but also the way to celebrate our greatest joys.I am happy she has found the
love of God.But I to find the choice of religion somewhat suspiscious.
As others have pointed out the dicotomy makes one wonder if the fact that her boyfriend is a Catholic has alot to do with her choice.Alot of women and men for that matter find conform to what their partners religion is because it is just easier and more comfortable at home for them.Now I am not saying this is what happened in this case.but it is somehting ti ponder.For me loving God and your neighbor as much as yourself are the most important part of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause of alot of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion
As others have pointed out the dicotomy makes one wonder if the fact that her boyfriend is a Catholic has alot to do with her choice.Alot of women and men for that matter find conform to what their partners religion is because it is just easier and more comfortable at home for them.Now I am not saying this is what happened in this case.but it is somehting ti ponder.For me
loving God and your
neighbor as much as yourself are the most important part of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause of alot of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion
as much
as yourself are the most important part of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause of alot of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion
as yourself are the most important part of believeing in a Supreme Being and all the rest of the Dogma just gets in the way and even is the cause of alot of the strife and wars in this world.So I hope she is happy but UP God for me... but no thatnks on the religion!!
The second greatest commandment, you shall
love your
neighbor as yourself, certainly applies to those
who are out of the mainstream, homosexuals included.
Who, finally, is my
neighbor, the companion whom I am commanded to
love as myself or
as I have been
loved by my most loyal
neighbor, the companion whose
love is also promised me
as mine is promised him?
This is to trust, obey, and
love supremely the God
who has
loved us enough to give us Christ, and living in Christ to
love our
neighbor as the fulfilling of the law.
Love your neighbor, love your enemies, be kind even to those who despise you... it's kind of amazing really, how freeing that is... and how it can change someone else as w
Love your
neighbor,
love your enemies, be kind even to those who despise you... it's kind of amazing really, how freeing that is... and how it can change someone else as w
love your enemies, be kind even to those
who despise you... it's kind of amazing really, how freeing that is... and how it can change someone else
as well.
Theologians refer to the Christian ethic of
love of God and
neighbor as a law of
love that signifies the sacrificial quality required of those
who, in the name of Jesus Christ, seek the good of their
neighbors.
The Lord then continues with the Parable and shows us by it that the
neighbor you are to «
love as yourself» is the person
who treats you like a brother regardless of what genetic family he belongs to (the Samaritan's were not considered true Jews).
It is the problem of reconciliation to the One from whom death proceeds
as well
as life,
who makes demands too hard to bear,
who sets us in the world where our beloved
neighbors are the objects of seeming animosity,
who appears
as God of wrath
as well
as God of
love.
In reply, Jesus told the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30 - 37), where the
neighbor who must be
loved is clearly one whom strict Jews would regard
as a half - breed and a heretic.
I do understand the concept of the trinity, but let's be realistic...
who made that up??? There is a lot of ignorance in this world, but if you can read the ten commandments — and they are very simple and straightforward — and know what they mean and convey then 1) the concept of the trinity goes out the window and 2) this entire debate about the building of the mosque goes oput the window
as well because God instructed us «
Love thy
neighbor».
In his remarks at Thursday's tree lighting, Obama said that Jesus «grew up to become a leader with a servant's heart
who taught us a message
as simple
as it is powerful: that we should
love God, and
love our
neighbor as ourselves.»
Or shall we join the ranks of those Jews and Christians
who have dedicated their lives to fashioning a new a better world, one firmly rooted in the rich soil of diverse traditions but joyously open to the possibility of «
love they
neighbor as thyself»?
It is about our learning to be approached by our Victim,
who is forgiving us, moving toward us, nudging us out of our excitements and false identities into the quiet, gentle bliss of recognizing ourselves
as loved and of
loving our
neighbors as ourselves.
In each case these holy people treated the bodies of the dead neither
as a bother or embarrassment, nor an idol or Icon, nor just a shell, They treated the dead like one of our own, precious to the people
who loved them, temples of the Holy Spirit,
neighbors, family, fellow pilgrims.
We must continue to show that
loving kindness
as we talk with our
neighbors and friends
who see this issue differently.
We try to get to know our
neighbors, whether they live on our block, three streets over, in the next neighborhood or across town because
as followers of Jesus we try to unconditionally
love everyone
who crosses our path.
Christianity asserts that men are weak and self - centered creatures
who are unable to live up to even the milder demands of the Law, let alone obey the Great Commandment to «
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy
neighbor as thyself.»
The best thing I can do is continue to
love —
love my partner of almost 11 years,
love my
neighbors and try to be good to them,
love my family and friends, and
love this pastor, and those in North Carolina — and all states and countries —
who see suppressing our rights
as some kind of «victory» to celebrate.
There was a Talmudic - era rabbi by the name of Akiva ben Joseph (
who argued plenty with another rabbi, Simeon ben Azzai)
who argued that the greatest commandment in all of the Torah was to
love your
neighbor as yourself (to which ben Azzai objected primarily due to
neighbor not being clear enough and then said that the greatest commandment was within Genesis 5:1 — that man was created in G - d's image and thus if you hate any person, you are hating G - d).
The first man I caught
who did not
love his
neighbor as hisself, I would make him change places with his
neighbor — the rich with the poor, the white with the black, and Governor Faubus with me» [Simple's Uncle Sam (Hill & Wang, 1965), p. 160].
Once again we hear the great commandment
as Jesus preached it: «You shall
love your
neighbor as one
who is like yourself» — both precious to God, but guilty of sin.
But whereas Ark Encounter aims to fulfill this mission by drawing people in through its turnstiles, I tend to think we experience and share God's presence best when we weep with those
who weep, care for the orphans and the widows, and
love our
neighbors as ourselves.
My hope is that the blind spots that keep many of my evangelical brothers and sisters from seeing his words and actions
as contrary to the way of Jesus will be brought to light through the process of discernment, and that I too will be open to the wise critiques of those
who perhaps have a better view of the blind spots that keep me from
loving God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and
loving my
neighbor as myself.
They wrote: «We don't blame him for despising his very existence, since he is DIRECTLY and PERSONALLY responsible for thrusting terrible violence upon every other gender (all of them), race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and religion... even though by all accounts he's a good guy
who works hard, takes care of his family, tries his best to
love his
neighbor as himself, and all that other stuff that doesn't matter because we only regard him
as part of a collective group to which we assign blame.»
Buddhist literature contains wonderful examples of
love for the enemy,
as in the story of King Long - Sufferer,
who, with his wife, was cut to pieces by the
neighboring King Brahmadatta.
Jesus said many times to
love our
neighbors, treat everyone
as we would ike to be treated, to help the poor, to help people
who ask for help, and to forgive those
who owe debts.
I don't know if this helps, but there are those of us
who are Jesus - ed up
who hear everything you are saying and are going to keep shouting with you because we think Jesus actually meant what he said «
love your
neighbor as yourself.»
And can I just say how happy I am to have
neighbors who love to eat and share great food
as much
as I do.