Love your neighbor as yourself does no..

2 yrs

"Love your neighbor as yourself" does not have the words "except when" or "only if" behind them.

Do you add them?

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Hmmm, very true.

One thing that I have been trying to get a Scriptural definition of is "neighbour". From a Western perspective we can easily assume it is the person living near me, but is that the original definition?

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I have also pondered this one and have been conflicted as to whether is it of those dwelling in Israel only or others as well. Scripture does refer to different categories of people in Israel. Which of those fall under neighbor I do not yet know.

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Our point is that if we have to think about it that much....are we making excuses for not showing others the love Messiah gives freely instead;
picking and choosing who we extend it to? Are we adding the "except when" by researching and asking these exact questions in order to rule people out? Yeshua loved without condoning sin. He offered freedom from what He saw wrong and also saw their potential. Who are we to do it differently? Would we love the prostitute or find a reason not to? How about the John/buyer? The drug dealer who sells to kids? The fisherman or tax collector? Or are they not our neighbor? What was our example from Yeshua? Not trying to convict but to make our TO brothers and sisters think. Where were you once and aren't most of us glad someone loved us as they loved themselves
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