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1 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | KAS | 51103 | ||
Is it legitimate and biblically sound to interprete Matthew 22:39 to mean: "You need to learn to love yourself first, then you can love your neighbor?" | ||||||
2 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | srbaegon | 51125 | ||
Hello KAS That would be incorrect. Scripture never says we are to love ourselves because we already do. Those that say they hate themselves (or a part of themselves) are really showing that they think more of themselves than they ought. Steve |
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3 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | prayon | 51132 | ||
Greetings Steve, I strongly disagree. First that she is incorrect. You must love yourself in order to love others. The key is the kind of love you have for yourself. The love you need is not one that is haughty and self centered, but a love for yourself that knows you are a good person and that you are worthy of Christ's love. Many people do not love themselves. I have been at that point myself. When you hate yourself you are definitly not thinking more of yourself than you ought!!! prayon |
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4 | Does Mt. 22:39 assume self-love? | Matt 22:39 | srbaegon | 51138 | ||
Hello prayon Actually, (and I should have stated this in the previous post) the key is John 13:34 (ESV) A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. We are commanded to have the same love as the Lord Jesus Christ does. So when we look at loving your neighbor as yourself, we see a very incomplete love. We are called to have the ultimate self-sacrificing love. I am not a good person, neither am I worthy of Christ's love (Rom 3:10-18). It is only by Christ imparting His worth on me that I have any merit. We have several examples in Scripture of people who were depressed and/or wanted death--Elijah, Jeremiah, Naomi, Job. What was their problem? They dwelt on their circumstances. "Poor me!" And I never said believers don't go through this. They do. I have. It's just an understanding of what it is. Steve |
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