TALK 6 LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR

TALK 6LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORMay 17, 2015

GOAL:To understand the meaning of Christian Love for neighbor and to inspire us to really practice it.

LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORWHAT IS THE FIRST GREATEST COMMANDMENT? Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Lv. 19:18Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your fellow countrymen. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORSECOND GREATEST COMMANDMENT

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Mt. 22:37-40The whole law and the prophets depends on these two commandments.

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Characteristics of Christian LovePatientKindNot jealousNot arrogantNot rudeNot self-seekingNot quick-temperedNot brood over injuryNot rejoicing over wrongdoingRejoices with the truthForebears TrustsHopesEndures

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Substitute I for LOVEI am patient, I am kind. I do not envy, I do not boast, I am not proud. I do not dishonor others, I am not self-seeking, I am not easily angered, I keep no record of wrongs. I do not delight in evil but I rejoice with the truth. 7I always protect, always trust, always hope, always persevere.

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LOVE OTHERS AS JESUS LOVES

LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORWe have to LOVE our neighbors not only as we love ourselves, but as God loves us.

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How then do we translate love into practical everyday terms?

LOVING YOUR NEIGHBORLoving others as Jesus Loves means serving others.The foot washing episode

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Jesus demonstrated Christian love as service loveJohn 13:14-1514Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one anothers feet. 15I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

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John 15:1313Greater love has no one than this: to lay down ones life for ones friends.

Jesus died for usLOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR

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PREPARED TO OFFER HIS LIFE FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERSPhilippians 2:5-85In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:6Who, being in very nature[a] God,did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;7rather, he made himself nothingby taking the very nature[b] of a servant,being made in human likeness.8And being found in appearance as a man,he humbled himselfby becoming obedient to deatheven death on a cross!

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Christian love is committed service

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Who is our neighbor?1. The answer is in the parable of the good Samaritan 2. All men in need of your help are our neighbors

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AM I BEING A NEIGHBOR TO OTHERS?LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR

Conclusion:

The CrossWe need GRACEJESUS is neighbor to us all

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Francis Kong on the Meaning of LifeLife gives us meaning when we love God with all of our heart soul strength and mind and then we love our neighbors as ourselves. In other words, the meaning of life is to love God and love others and use our lives as channel of blessing to others.

THANK YOU and may God Be Praised

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