Monday, September 08, 2008

Loving Your Neighbor 2

We should love others as we care for ourselves.
You shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:15

We all have a basic level of care for ourselves, which we should share with others.
For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, because we are members of his body. Ephesians 5:29-30

We should do to others as we would want them to do to us.
In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12

We need to show more interest in other’s needs than in our own.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Philippians 2:3-4

We are to have mercy on everyone we meet in need.
Jesus asked, “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" The scribe said, "The one who showed him mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." Luke 10:36-37

Be merciful, do not judge, do not condemn, forgive, and give freely, and God will give us according to what we have given.
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give and it will be given to you. Luke 6:36-38

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