Matthew 22:37-40 … Altering the Commands (09/19/16)
“You shall Love the Lord your God with all your Heart, and with all your Soul, and with all your Mind … And a second Commandment is just like it: You shall Love your neighbor as your Self. On these two Commandments rest both the Law and all the Prophets.” ~ Jesus (Matthew 22:37-40)
What many Christians do not realize is that the “neighbor” Jesus mentions here is actually one’s enemy (see Luke 10:29-37, the only place in the entire Bible where Jesus defines “neighbor” — telling a tale where the heroic “neighbor” mentioned is a Samaritan; one of the primary enemies of the Jews at that time, and the “neighbor” who correctly “shows mercy”, something only done to those who have wronged us) …
Just as importantly, many Christians also still fail to understand that these two Commandments are actually ONE; that fulfilling the second is the only way to truly full-fill the first.
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