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EMOTIONS, part 12 - Love Shown to Non-Family Members quotes

1) The Emotion of Love Dealing With Non-Family Members

Non-family members represent all whom you are not related to, or basically everyone else in the entire world -- including neighbors, friends, acquaintances and even strangers.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16.

“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:7-8.

“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him....Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another....If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:9, 11-12.

These verses reveal that God manifested and expressed His self-sacrificing and self-denying love for every human being on this earth, including those who were not yet connected with Him. So if His followers want to indeed show that they love of the Lord thy God and to have His love perfected in them, then they must also follow His example and unselfishly love all human beings, irregardless of race, nationality, creed, color or cast, and also irregardless of whether they know the people or not.

“The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.” Deuteronomy 28:9.

“But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” 1 John 2:5-6.

2) Love for Neighbors

“Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.” Exodus 20:13-17.

“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.” Leviticus 19:13.

The Hebrew word for “neighbor” used in these verses is “reya”, and it translates and means “an associate, companion, fellow, neighbor, another” (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, word #7453). The word neighbor is not just referring to someone who lives next door to your home, but is referring to anyone who is basically living within your ability to come in contact with them and do these forbidden sins against.

3) You cannot commit adultery against someone you were not able to personally come into contact with. Neither could you steal or covet anything of your neighbor’s that you were unable to personally see for yourself first.

“...love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8-10.

These commandments of God are prohibitions that specifically restrict God’s followers from doing these different actions against their neighbors. If you keep yourself from doing any of these sins against another with whom you are able to come in contact with, then you are indeed showing true unselfish love for your neighbor, and thus are fulfilling God’s law, even though you may not have personally done anything for them in actions of kindness! This means that you can reveal true self-sacrificing and self-denying love for another by just not sinning against them!

Many believe you must show an active love for another by doing acts of kindness for them, or you are not revealing true Godly love for that person. But this is not correct according to God’s word!

“Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:14.

That deaf person could not hear you cursing them, and that blind person could not see you placing things in their pathway to stumble over. Even though the person themself was not aware of what you did to them, God still prohibits His followers from doing such things that “worketh ill to his neighbor”. It is by not doing certain things to another that we would be revealing the true self-sacrificing and self-denying form of love to them, albeit a passive form of this unselfish Godly love.

4) What about showing the active form of Godly love to your neighbor?

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.” Luke 10:27-37.

The Samaritan who did all these neighborly acts of kindness in caring for that person he chanced to come into contact with, thereby revealed this active form of unselfish Godly love for his neighbor.

Christ specifically mentioned those who were proud of their devotion in worshiping God and leading others into understanding the truth, yet were devoid of showing forth this active form of Godly love. While the other who was not known for their devotion in worshiping God or of leading others into the understanding of the truth, Christ depicted as indeed showing forth this active form of Godly love.

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity [true self-denying and self-sacrificing love], I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-3.

5) “Let no man [selfishly] seek his own [welfare], but every man [unselfishly seek to build up] another's wealth.” 1 Corinthians 10:24.

“Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house [to care for], and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.” Deuteronomy 22:1-4.

These verses reveal that God’s followers are not just to manifest a loving concern for their neighbor’s personal welfare, but are also to manifest a loving and unselfish concern for any of his possessions of wealth as well – not in greedily coveting them for ourselves, but in protecting them for their sake.

6) “Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:32.

We are to lovingly honor and respect the elderly, which can be done in a lot of different ways.

7) “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:15-16.

“These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates”. Zechariah 8:16.

These verses reveal that if someone comes to you accusing another of sin, that you are not to instantly believe what you are told and then spread the same accusations to others. You do not want to be guilty of misjudging them and becoming unrighteous yourself. But before you believe and spread any accusations against another, first fully investigate into the matter, carefully gathering up all facts from both sides and then prayerfully weighing the evidence, and then your judgement will be based upon a full knowledge of the real facts in the issue and will be completely righteous. This is necessary because whatever judgement you give towards another, whether righteous or unrighteous, you yourself will be judged in the exact same way!

“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Matthew 7:2.

“And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour...for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD....therefore love the truth and peace”. Zechariah 8:17, 19.

“Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 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.” Leviticus 19:16-18.

8) “Ye shall do no unrighteousness...in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God”. Leviticus 19:35-36.

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Mark 6:38.

These verses reveal that we are to be extremely just and fair in all our business practices, and by doing so we are indeed showing true unselfish Godly love for one another.

“It is naught, it is naught [nothing of real value], saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he [the buyer] boasteth [of the valuable item he purchase for so little money].” Proverbs 20:14.

This buyer knew the real value of the item, but just pretended that it was of little value so that he could buy it at a greatly reduced price, and then turn around and make a huge profit off of it. This showed that this buyer was not manifesting and expressing unselfish love for his neighbor, but instead was manifesting selfish love.


	"LET THERE BE LIGHT" Ministries home \| Sermon Quotes EMOTIONS, part 12 - Love Shown to Non-Family Members quotes 1) The Emotion of Love Dealing With Non-Family Members Non-family members represent all whom you are not related to, or basically everyone else in the entire world -- including neighbors, friends, acquaintances and even strangers. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. “For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:7-8. “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him....Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another....If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:9, 11-12. These verses reveal that God manifested and expressed His self-sacrificing and self-denying love for every human being on this earth, including those who were not yet connected with Him. So if His followers want to indeed show that they love of the Lord thy God and to have His love perfected in them, then they must also follow His example and unselfishly love all human beings, irregardless of race, nationality, creed, color or cast, and also irregardless of whether they know the people or not. “The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.” Deuteronomy 28:9. “But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” 1 John 2:5-6. 2) Love for Neighbors “Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.” Exodus 20:13-17. “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.” Leviticus 19:13. The Hebrew word for “neighbor” used in these verses is “reya”, and it translates and means “an associate, companion, fellow, neighbor, another” (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, word #7453). The word neighbor is not just referring to someone who lives next door to your home, but is referring to anyone who is basically living within your ability to come in contact with them and do these forbidden sins against. 3) You cannot commit adultery against someone you were not able to personally come into contact with. Neither could you steal or covet anything of your neighbor’s that you were unable to personally see for yourself first. “...love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8-10. These commandments of God are prohibitions that specifically restrict God’s followers from doing these different actions against their neighbors. If you keep yourself from doing any of these sins against another with whom you are able to come in contact with, then you are indeed showing true unselfish love for your neighbor, and thus are fulfilling God’s law, even though you may not have personally done anything for them in actions of kindness! This means that you can reveal true self-sacrificing and self-denying love for another by just not sinning against them! Many believe you must show an active love for another by doing acts of kindness for them, or you are not revealing true Godly love for that person. But this is not correct according to God’s word! “Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:14. That deaf person could not hear you cursing them, and that blind person could not see you placing things in their pathway to stumble over. Even though the person themself was not aware of what you did to them, God still prohibits His followers from doing such things that “worketh ill to his neighbor”. It is by not doing certain things to another that we would be revealing the true self-sacrificing and self-denying form of love to them, albeit a passive form of this unselfish Godly love. 4) What about showing the active form of Godly love to your neighbor? “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.” Luke 10:27-37. The Samaritan who did all these neighborly acts of kindness in caring for that person he chanced to come into contact with, thereby revealed this active form of unselfish Godly love for his neighbor. Christ specifically mentioned those who were proud of their devotion in worshiping God and leading others into understanding the truth, yet were devoid of showing forth this active form of Godly love. While the other who was not known for their devotion in worshiping God or of leading others into the understanding of the truth, Christ depicted as indeed showing forth this active form of Godly love. “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity [true self-denying and self-sacrificing love], I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-3. 5) “Let no man [selfishly] seek his own [welfare], but every man [unselfishly seek to build up] another's wealth.” 1 Corinthians 10:24. “Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house [to care for], and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.” Deuteronomy 22:1-4. These verses reveal that God’s followers are not just to manifest a loving concern for their neighbor’s personal welfare, but are also to manifest a loving and unselfish concern for any of his possessions of wealth as well – not in greedily coveting them for ourselves, but in protecting them for their sake. 6) “Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:32. We are to lovingly honor and respect the elderly, which can be done in a lot of different ways. 7) “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:15-16. “These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates”. Zechariah 8:16. These verses reveal that if someone comes to you accusing another of sin, that you are not to instantly believe what you are told and then spread the same accusations to others. You do not want to be guilty of misjudging them and becoming unrighteous yourself. But before you believe and spread any accusations against another, first fully investigate into the matter, carefully gathering up all facts from both sides and then prayerfully weighing the evidence, and then your judgement will be based upon a full knowledge of the real facts in the issue and will be completely righteous. This is necessary because whatever judgement you give towards another, whether righteous or unrighteous, you yourself will be judged in the exact same way! “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Matthew 7:2. “And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour...for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD....therefore love the truth and peace”. Zechariah 8:17, 19. “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 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.” Leviticus 19:16-18. 8) “Ye shall do no unrighteousness...in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God”. Leviticus 19:35-36. “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Mark 6:38. These verses reveal that we are to be extremely just and fair in all our business practices, and by doing so we are indeed showing true unselfish Godly love for one another. “It is naught, it is naught [nothing of real value], saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he [the buyer] boasteth [of the valuable item he purchase for so little money].” Proverbs 20:14. This buyer knew the real value of the item, but just pretended that it was of little value so that he could buy it at a greatly reduced price, and then turn around and make a huge profit off of it. This showed that this buyer was not manifesting and expressing unselfish love for his neighbor, but instead was manifesting selfish love.