"You Must Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" - KEEP ON LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF- Conclusion

 Jesus help;ed us to understand more about who our neighbor is when he said that his Father  "makes the sun rise on both the wicked and the good and makes it rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous."   (Matthew 5:43-45)  Jesus was teaching us that we should show olove to all people, whether they are righteous or unrighteous. As mentioned earlier, and important way to show love of rour neighbor is to teach him about Jehovah and his Kingdom.  If our neighbor applies what he learns from the Bible, he can have the great joy of  becoming God's friend.

We have already learned why should love Jehovah with our whole heart, soul, and mind. We have also learned how we can show love for our neighbor. If we love Jehovah and our neighbor, we are obeying the two greatest commandments. Best of all, we please our heavenly Father, Jehovah.

SOME EXPRESSIONS EXPLAINED

* To have compassion for peole means that we see their suffering and we want o do something to help them

* Neighbor:  We usually think of a neighbor as someone who lives close to us or someone who has a lot in common with us. However, in his illustratio of the Samaritan, Jesus taught us that we should view all people as our neighbor, no matter what their nationality or culture is. Also, Jesus taught us that we can be a neighbor to others when we love them and have compassion for them.

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