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| Summary: When Jesus said, “A second is like it,” he gave a whole, new declaration of the nature of our relationship to God. |
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| Summary: By answering the ambiguous question of an expert on biblical law, Jesus defines love of God and neighbor as the center of biblical ethics. God enables us to love, so that we can act in ways that bear witness to God. Love enables us to reclaim biblical teaching on ethics as gift, not burden. |
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| Summary: The whole law, says Jesus, is fulfilled in self-giving love, agapē. Jesus thus shows his agreement with the basic traditions of Israel and also points forward to his own passion, death and resurrection. We are invited to accept his righteousness, his perfect fulfillment of the law of love, as our own. |
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| Summary: Jesus is asked a standard question about the law and gives a standard answer. There’s little debate about the basic content of the law. The difficulty comes when we try to fulfill the law, when the problem of sin becomes clear. The law diagnoses the disease of sin but can’t cure it. Jesus points toward the cure with his follow-up question about the Messiah, who is to be seen not just as the Son of David but one in whom God is uniquely present to save. |
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| Summary: Jesus taught us that the two greatest commandments were exercising love for God and love for our neighbors. A godly person once said that in doing God’s will there is perfect peace. Perfect peace, then, will surely come to those who love God and others. And to have peace and meaning within is to discover that one is living a quite wonderful life.
To love God with one’s whole being and to love others who are also children of God, is to discover life in its fullness. It is indeed an abundant life.
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| Summary: Jesus teaches us that the greatest commandment is to love God, but sometimes it’s easier to love our neighbor. We often don’t have the words to describe how we love God; it seems elusive and intangible. How do we find ourselves ready to love God in such a radical way that we are able to transform the world? |
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| Summary: When Jesus is asked what the greatest commandment is, he lists not one but two having to do with love. But is a life of faith really two-step simple? And what happens when we discover that love inevitably leads to pain? |
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| Summary: There are three reliable methods for hearing what God wants us to hear from a biblical passage: seek out preaching and teaching that is faithful and well-informed, let scripture interpret scripture and apply the rule of love.
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