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NASB | Mark 12:31 "The second is this, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' There is no other commandment greater than these." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 12:31 "This is the second: 'YOU SHALL [unselfishly] LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' There is no other commandment greater than these." [Lev 19:18] |
Bible Question: My question is on "loving thy neighbor". In life we are not going to like everyone so how do we learn to love even those we don't particularly like? |
Bible Answer: It really isn't a matter of learning to love them. God can give us a pure heart Ps 51:10. God wants us not just to obey him, but to love him(Matt 22:34-38). We have the mind of Christ(1Cor2:16). So in a very real way, both our love for God, and God's presence in our lives should help us to love everyone, because we know that God wants them to be saved, and sees them as sheep without a shepard, and our heart is to see them saved as well. People may seem so different to you. I have a bunch of friends that are addicted to drugs, were teenage mothers, attempted suicide etc. They all have this in common-their trying to fill there lives with things that they think will fill the void that only God can. Don't try to just see the obvious needs, or the symptoms, but the cause. Matt 9:2-5. Jesus seen the man's need for his sins forgiven, I bet everyone else would see his need to be able to walk. Jesus gave him what he needed most first, than worried about the rest of the guy's problems. Hope this helps. |
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