Perfectly accurate, pointing out "Love thy neighbor as thyself" is "But what if I don't love myself at all?" as happens today? Christ predicates that people ALREADY love themselves too much, that's not the message; the message is "the second part" to expand the same love to others.
That's not what struck me this Sunday; it was the WAY in which he presents it, totally different subject. They are presenting legal what ifs. Look at how subtle it is. He says, "Okay, YOU say this. So I'll let YOU decide. Which of these men was doing the Right?" They say The Samaritan. So as frequently happens, he says, "So YOU say. So since you think that, YOU go and do likewise."
See how Christ did not -- technically -- say and order them to be the Good Samaritan. He's leading them to discover it for themselves. I could hypothesize why he does this -- probably bc no matter what he says they will legalistically quibble and find a way to bring him to court over it -- just that this was the method.
comes into existence when the love of neighbor and love of self is split into two. These two should be together as in the sentence itself.
In wisdom of God, the love of neighbor and the love of one’s self is one love in the Body of Christ, not two different loves, but one love of Christ. We love our neighbor with the love of Christ. We love ourself with the love of Christ.
Perfectly accurate, pointing out "Love thy neighbor as thyself" is "But what if I don't love myself at all?" as happens today? Christ predicates that people ALREADY love themselves too much, that's not the message; the message is "the second part" to expand the same love to others.
That's not what struck me this Sunday; it was the WAY in which he presents it, totally different subject. They are presenting legal what ifs. Look at how subtle it is. He says, "Okay, YOU say this. So I'll let YOU decide. Which of these men was doing the Right?" They say The Samaritan. So as frequently happens, he says, "So YOU say. So since you think that, YOU go and do likewise."
See how Christ did not -- technically -- say and order them to be the Good Samaritan. He's leading them to discover it for themselves. I could hypothesize why he does this -- probably bc no matter what he says they will legalistically quibble and find a way to bring him to court over it -- just that this was the method.
“love thy neighbour as thyself”?
I think the problem
comes into existence when the love of neighbor and love of self is split into two. These two should be together as in the sentence itself.
In wisdom of God, the love of neighbor and the love of one’s self is one love in the Body of Christ, not two different loves, but one love of Christ. We love our neighbor with the love of Christ. We love ourself with the love of Christ.
Brilliantly said, sir!