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#1,323: The Second Greatest Commandment

• Loren Hicks

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Loving our neighbor is not simply a good idea or an admirable ethic; Jesus called it the second greatest commandment. We first love God, and second, we love our neighbors as we love ourselves.


Main Points:

1. The idea of loving our neighbor is beautiful to think about, so long as it remains an idea. But the concrete reality of loving our neighbor, the difficulties and the challenges, strips the beauty away.


2. If God is not the love of our lives, there is no way that we will truly love our neighbor as ourselves. Something happens when you experience the love of God and then begin to love God in return.  


3. God desires you and me to love our neighbors. Let’s let his love shine through our lives to those we meet. Let’s make it more than a theory; let's get practical and put love into action.


Today’s Scripture Verses:

Romans 13:10 - “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Galatians 5:14 - “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

John 13:34 - “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

1 John 4:20 - “…For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.”



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