"For the whole law can be summed up in one command: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF!"
Six of the ten commandments of the Lord have to do with our personal relationship with others! How we should treat our mother and father as well as how we should interact with our neighbors are taught in the Laws of God. There are specific admonitions and prohibitions about our actions with our neighbors. We are not to murder one another, steal from one another, or commit adultery with one another. Perhaps the one that most commit is being jealous or covetous of what others have and thinking it is all right in God's sight to take from those who have and give to those who have not. Bearing false witness against a neighbor is prohibited. We are to give honor to our mother and father regardless of how we feel about them and what they have done to us. All of these laws can be summed up in this One Truth Today, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF!
What is your relationship like with your mother and father? Do you honor them or do you disrespect them? What is your relationship like with your brothers and sisters and your neighbors? Do you even know your neighbors names? What amount of interaction is there in your community? Remember, according to the Word of God, everyone is your neighbor in the whole world. What do you think and say about the other races and cultures? Do you love everyone or just yourself and those closest to you? What you want your neighbor to be like, when it comes to you, is the same standard you should apply to yourself. LOVE YOU NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF!
God does not want us to pick and choose whom we shall love. We are to love one another as much as we want to be loved ourself. Regardless of a persons physical, mental or material position we are to love them. Regardless of their political party, skin color, or differences from us we are to love them. We are to offer unconditional love, just as the Lord has shown to us. In fact we are to love our enemies. God is no respecter of persons and His Law directs us to be the same. God loves everyone and does not want even one to be lost. What would you want your neighbor to do for you, that is the standard you should apply to yourself. The whole law of God can be summed up in this one command: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF!
