Jesus’ story tells us that love always forgives. When the king heard of it, he had his servant remanded for his debt, revoking the debt cancellation. He demanded payment of a small debt from his neighbor. This servant failed to pass the forgiveness on. He tells the story of a king who forgave an enormous debt to one of his servants. Jesus highlighted this in His story in Matthew 18 when Peter asks how many times is he to forgive. Jesus frequently spoke forgiveness over others that resulted in the healing of their bodies.įorgiveness is freely given to us and to love your neighbor as yourself you’ll pass the forgiveness on. The Bible says He planned it for us from the foundation of the world ( Ephesians 1:4). Loving your neighbor means forgiving.įorgiveness is a big deal to God. Photo courtesy: ©Thinkstock/monkeybusinessimagesġ0. I don’t know why she was so angry but she may have had other circumstances surrounding her that day. She was behind me so got stuck at the red light with me. For example, I had a lady flailing her arms and cursing because I didn’t go through an almost red light. Giving people the benefit of the doubt is loving your neighbor. We’re imperfect beings that do dumb things often. I remember that when I encounter people driving too slow, sitting at lights, or even cutting me off. I got stuck in grieving daze because a family member died. I remember sitting through a green light. Everyone does dumb things no one is always right or knows everything. We live in a day and age when offense is as common as breathing. Loving your neighbor means making allowances for other people's humanity. Photo courtesy: ©Thinkstock/JacobAmmentorpLundĨ. This is what it means to love your neighbor as yourself: 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 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

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