How is that? We have to do it on purpose, be intentional about it. Making it a commandment is actually to our benefit. It sounds beautiful, and it is when we obey it.īut loving your neighbor as yourself isn’t always easy. Jesus coupled the command to love your neighbor as yourself with loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. And not just one in a list of many commands. Loving your neighbor as yourself is so important to God that He not only repeats Himself, He makes it a command. Loving your neighbor as yourself is found eight times in the Bible. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' there is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:30-31 Given its prominence in this Gospel account, Leviticus 19:18 is arguably the most well-known commandment in the book of Leviticus, though it is likely many Christians do not know the origin of the verse."Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets” ( Matthew A tax collector who became one of Jesus' 12 disciples More 22:37-40 see also Mark 12:28-34). Asked by the religious authorities which commandment is the greatest, Jesus responds by quoting Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18: “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. Leviticus 19:18 is, of course, most well-known because Jesus Jesus is the Messiah whose life, death, and resurrection are God's saving act for humanity More cites it as the second part of the greatest commandment. More of the Good Samaritan–which begins with the quoting of Leviticus 19:18 and the lawyer’s question, “Who is my neighbor?”–makes much the same point ( Luke The "beloved physician" and companion of Paul More 10:25-37). A prominent aspect of Jesus' teaching was telling parables to illustrate something about the kingdom, or reign, of God. The parable A parable is a brief story with a setting, an action, and a result. One is also commanded to love the “alien,” that is, the foreigner or outsider in one’s community. It is interesting to note a very similar commandment at the end of the chapter, in 19:34: “The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.” The commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself” is not to be understood, then, as applying only to one’s peers or family. More, those who are called to emulate God’s holiness are to do so by acting with mercy and love toward their fellow human beings. Because of disobedience the image of God has been corrupted or, some say. The phrase is generally taken to refer to the uprightness and dignity of human nature. This verse and fourteen other verses in this chapter end with the refrain of the Holiness Code: “I am the LORD.” The point of the chapter seems to be something like this: Because the Lord is holy, and because human beings are made in the image of God According to the book of Genesis, humans were created in the likeness, or the image, of God. It is part of a unit of two verses (19:17-18) that instruct the Israelites not to hate one another, not to take revenge or bear a grudge against one another, but to love one another. More (19:32), and, in general, acting with moral and ethical integrity.Īt the heart of these laws is the well-known commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (19:18). In the New Testament elders, along with the chief priests and scribes, constituted the primary opposition to Jesus when he taught in Jerusalem. More, caring for the poor (19:9-10), being honest (19:11-13, 35-36), having respect for elders Elders are leaders who exercise wisdom or leadership by virtue of their age and experience. God's mercy is frequently referred to or invoked in both the Old and New Testaments. To “be holy” has to do with treating other people with justice and mercy Mercy is a term used to describe leniency or compassion. The rest of the chapter, then, instructs the Israelites how to “be holy.” The list of laws includes many having to do with relationships, from honoring parents (19:3) to loving the aliens who live among the Israelites (19:33-34). While the term may refer to people, objects, time, or places, holiness in Judaism and Christianity primarily denotes the realm of the divine More, for I the LORD your God am holy” (19:2). Leviticus 19 begins with the commandment, “You shall be holy Holy is a term that originally meant set apart for the worship or service of God. Part of a list of laws concerning ethical relationships, Leviticus 19:18 states, “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.” ANALYSIS
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