Love thy neighbor
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I find it incredibly hard to love my neighbour who beats his wife, steals from me, throws his rubbish in my garden, and is a general nuisance, but I can do, as Paul advises and he suffered terribly.
Do not pay anyone back evil for evil, but focus your thoughts on what is right in the sight of all people. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with all people. Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me. I will pay them back, declares the Lord." But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him. For if he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do this, you will pile burning coals on his head." Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
(Rom 12:17-21 ISV)
Do not pay anyone back evil for evil, but focus your thoughts on what is right in the sight of all people. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with all people. Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me. I will pay them back, declares the Lord." But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him. For if he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do this, you will pile burning coals on his head." Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
(Rom 12:17-21 ISV)
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What does it mean to love?
Agape love is turning the other cheek, going the extra mile even for our enemies who hate us.
To love our neighbors is to show them God's love through our words and actions.
.it's not being a walking mat but speaking correction in love if needed or remaining silent and no judgemental. It means listening and praying with them. It means rejoicing when they have happy things happen like marriage or a new job or a new baby. It means crying with them when their is a death or loss in their lives.
Love is more than words it's actions and being present for the joys and the sorrows of life.
Agape love is turning the other cheek, going the extra mile even for our enemies who hate us.
To love our neighbors is to show them God's love through our words and actions.
.it's not being a walking mat but speaking correction in love if needed or remaining silent and no judgemental. It means listening and praying with them. It means rejoicing when they have happy things happen like marriage or a new job or a new baby. It means crying with them when their is a death or loss in their lives.
Love is more than words it's actions and being present for the joys and the sorrows of life.
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it means that even if hypothetically, you are preaching the gospel, and someone decide to punch you across the face for no apparent reason, the force of the fist can leave you spinning, and you can kneel down in that position to pray according to Romans 12 to overcome evil with good, and ask to forgive the one who punched you, etc.
as an extreme illustration
as an extreme illustration
