Greetings
Sometimes I think many of us do not think twice before saying 'I love you Brother, or Sister', I am moved to think this way, the more I meditate on the scriptures that call us to do this very thing: Loving our brothers as ourselves.
Let us examine the scriptures and at the end of this study, God willing, we should all have an understanding of the degree of involment that comes with loving our brothers as ourselves.
God, I ask that you allow us to search your Holy scriptures with an open mind, ready to receive understanding from you, and understanding that to you is all the glory always, in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.
Now, What does it mean to love someone as yourself? If we look at the basics of what this is telling us, we see that this indicates that what we want for ourselves we should want for our brethren also.
Therefore, everything that we would want to have for ourselves according to the word of God, we should also want our brother or sister to have, again according to the word fo God.
For example: Salvation
This is a great example, since the devil himself said :Everything a man has he would give for his life, so it tells you that even our most precious possesion : our life, should also be shared with our brethren and we should also would want for him or her to have this salvation.
The bible also talks about wordly possesions, money, food etc, this also can not be neglected, since it represents a great opportunity for the glory of God to be manifested in you, as you help your brother or sister in their time of need.
At the beginning I mentioned that most of all when we say to another " I love you", do not really know what all that entitles, loving your brother or sister as yourself means that when you see him/her in need and you have the means to help, you do help and not hide from them. Loving him/her means that you are there in the good and bad times, the bible tell us to mourn with our brother and he mourns. There is a lot more to this, but I wanted to just get the mental ball rolling, so that you do your own homework, or at least ask questions and engage us in developing this study even further.
God bless you and remember to use the "contact us" link for your questions and concerns.
R.
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