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The Bible's Command to Love Your Neighbor as Yourself - What Does This Mean?
"Why is concern for others so vitally important? Why should we have a keen interest in the welfare of our "neighbors?" If you were to ask most people, the answer you would commonly arrive at would have to do with the desire to be social, to be communal and to play an active role in the betterment of society.
More importantly however, we should do so because God commands that we love our neighbors equal to the love we assign to ourselves.
In the 12th chapter of the book of Mark, Christ was questioned by one of the Jewish Scribes about which of the commandments under the Mosaic Law was foremost. Rather than citing a specific law within the whole of the Mosaic code, which the Scribes and Pharisees used to unfairly regiment and control the people under, Jesus gave a simple, yet profound two-fold command.
Starting in verse 29, Jesus replied. "The first is...you must love God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength. The second is this, 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
In one statement, Jesus summed up the entire complex body of regulations that had been given to Moses and then greatly extrapolated on by the Rabbinical religious leaders. Those same words are echoed today and continue to serve as sound advice.
What benefits are there to heeding Christ's words? Surely, we appreciate concern being shown to us when we are in need. Should we not, therefore, also show concern for others when they too are in need?
We are further told at Luke 6:31: "Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them." We may know this as the Golden Rule, and it is closely tied in with the command given at Mark 12:31.
More than that, being concerned about others promotes a feeling of self-worth and positively builds up our conscience. It also gives us a sense of satisfaction of having done our societal and God-directed duty. Doing for others is a form of giving, and giving brings with it great happiness. Jesus himself recognized the joy to be had in giving when he told us that happiness results from a giving spirit, and not just in receiving. (Acts 20:35)
Showing concern in little things as well as in big things makes for good affairs with others. We can help others in danger, or under an illness or tragedy. We can also show concern in our everyday relations. For example, when driving, are we courteous? Do we show concern for others by not infringing on their privacy or personal taste? In wintertime, do we keep our sidewalks free from ice and snow?
These are but some of the small things we can do in order to heed God's advice. As our Creator, he certainly knows best as to what will make us happy and satisfied.
A fine example of concern for others was given by German Jehovah's Witnesses after they were released from concentration camps back in 1945. To mention one instance: When 220 of them left the Sachsenhausen concentration camp under heavy guard, they faced a 120-mile trek. Circumstances were such that they traveled in a group. They managed to get a few small carts, and rather than fend for themselves as others did, they congregated together and placed the weakest of their members into the carts, which the stronger ones then pulled along. As a result, in a death march in which more than 10,000 inmates lost their lives, not one of the Witnesses of Jehovah died. (Taken from the 1974 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses)
It is because of their unselfish concern and love for others that such individuals choose to keep calling at the doors of their neighbors. They recognize that we are living deep in the "last days" and so they urge people to flee to a place of safety before it is too late. (Matthew Chapter 24) In this they are like ancient Lot, who warned his sons-in-law to flee with him from the condemned cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. The record tells us that "in the eyes of his sons-in-law he seemed like a man who was joking."
Those who volunteer their time to fulfill the mandate Christ gave to "Go therefore, and make disciples" meet up with similar reactions today. (Matthew 28:19, 20) But Lot was not joking and neither were the hard-hearted inhabitants of those cities when fire rained down upon them from the heavens. (Genesis chapter 19)
So we are encouraged in the Bible to not only to show concern for others, but also to benefit from the concern that individuals manifest when volunteering their time to discuss with us the prospect for survival under God's Kingdom and the opportunity of enjoying life everlasting in a paradise earth.
Wouldn't you like to be there and have neighbors like that?"
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