Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.
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… is guilty. Martin Luther King Jr., he who accepts evil without protesting it, is really cooperating with it. Here's a verse you have memorized. Leviticus 19.18, love your neighbor as yourself. Do you know the verse immediately before this? Confront your neighbor directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin. You're loving your neighbor and you're confronting your neighbor. It's like a parent. You love your kid, you love your kid, but every now and then you gotta confront your kid. In Israel, you love your neighbor, you love your neighbor, but every now and then you gotta confront your neighbor because there's no king yet, there's no police. It's just the people. they've all been taught the law, right? They're all following the law because they're accountable to God and they're all helping to enforce the law. Another translation, rebuke your neighbor directly and you will not incur guilt because of him, right? He's the one sinning, but you have to rebuke him. Proverbs 9, rebuke a wise man and he will love thee. Proverbs 24, whoever says to the wicked, you are in the right will be cursed. But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight and a good blessing will come upon them. Proverbs 27, open rebuke is better than secret love. …
… And then the second great commandment he says is like to the first. Now, you remember, this is in Leviticus 19.18. And here's where the Jewish people, there was some debate about what commandment comes after the first one, right? And so Leviticus 19.18 is actually kind of a minor scripture in the Torah. It's not one that you would have, it's not right there in Deuteronomy next to love God with all your heart, soul, and strength. So Jesus goes and he pulls out this commandment and he says, this one summarizes all of the rest of the commandments towards other people. And here it is. In fact, why don't you read this with me? Let's put it up on the screen. You must love your neighbor as you love yourself. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Now, this is a powerful, powerful word. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. This is what it means to be human. We're created for fellowship with God and to find our identity in God, but we're created to love our neighbor, which takes us back to the fig tree, right? …
… And then the second great commandment he says is like to the first. Now you remember, this is in Leviticus 19.18. And here's where the Jewish people, there was some debate about what commandment comes after the first one, right? And so Leviticus 19.18 is actually kind of a minor scripture in the Torah. It's not one that you would have, you know, it's not right there in Deuteronomy next to love God with all your, you know, heart, soul, and strength. So Jesus goes and he pulls out this commandment and he says, this one summarizes all of the rest of the commandments towards other people. And here it is. In fact, why don't you read this with me. Let's put it up on the screen. You must love your neighbor as you love yourself. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Now, this is a powerful, powerful word. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. This is what it means to be human. We're created for fellowship with God and to find our identity in God, but we're created to love our neighbor, which takes us back to the fig tree, right? So the fig tree, there's a fig tree with leaves. …
… But he added a part that we're all familiar with from Leviticus 19 verse 18. He added the phrase, and your neighbor as yourself. Because somebody had said, hey, what's the greatest commandment? Jesus says, well, there's not greatest commandment. There's two greatest commandments. And they're actually the same commandment because they are actually different sides of the same coin. Now this, when Jesus added, and your neighbor as yourself, to what was kind of a formulaic answer to first century Judeans, it caused quite a stir. But the reason Jesus added, and your neighbor as yourself, because he was making a point. And this is when Luke wants to lean in and say, and this is the point. His point was that love for God is demonstrated by love for others. That love for God, this was Jesus, the point of his ministry. This is why it's good news. This is why the reign and rule of God is not something to be resisted. That love for God is demonstrated by love for others. …