Title: Love yourself (Matthew 22:37-40)
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Love yourself (Matthew 22:37-40)
The Pharisees, the teachers of the law, asked what was the greatest commandment to test Jesus.
Jesus replied that you must love your God and love your neighbor as yourself.
They deliberately asked questions to put Jesus into temptation.
Because they did not know Jesus, the savior who came as the author and perfecter of the law.
He committed the sin of crucifixion.
They were intent on criticizing, condemning, and killing people by the standards of the law they understood.
God did not give the law to criticize, test, and kill, but to live.
The purpose of Jesus' coming was to save sinners.
Therefore, the saved people of God must live to save their lives.
Don't criticize others and put them to the test.
The purpose and purpose of the law was to give love.
The first is to love God, the second to love yourself, and the third to love your neighbor.
When you love in this order, you can live a beautiful and happy life.
If you love God only, mysticism, asceticism, Gnosticism, blindism, etc.
It is not right to indulge in extreme beliefs.
Self-harm of the body or denying the world, saying that the spirit is good and the flesh is evil, will ultimately make you unhappy.
God made man a body and gave him food to eat.
He gave his spouse to help each other live, and he gave his children to build a happy family.
In addition, if they say they love themselves, they are prone to secularism, monarchism, hedonism, selfishness, etc.
It is not right to indulge in extreme beliefs.
It is not faith to regard God as a helper, saying that the life of faith is all for one's own sake.
Secularism encourages you to enjoy your life freely and to the fullest.
Selfishness that uses others only for one's own success and success is ultimately unhappy.
In order to truly love Himself, Jesus must first love God.
It is to love your neighbor with that love.
If you do not know how to love God, you cannot love yourself or your neighbor.
Paul said that our bodies are the temple of God, so we must live holy.
If it is a temple of God, it must be cleaned and organized.
Wouldn't God be pleased if God's temple was managed carelessly or filled with filthy filth!
People are born through parents. No one is born on their own.
The first ancestor of mankind was Adam, and we are all descendants of him, so all mankind is one nation.
But what takes precedence over human relationships is the relationship with God who created man.
If our relationship with God is cut off, we cannot function properly as human beings.
God is the source of water, and humans are beings who live by receiving the water.
If you love God, you can truly love yourself and also love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus is standing outside and knocking on the door of his heart.
Even if it's shabby, as long as you open the door, you come in and live together.
And after serving Jesus, you can't act, talk, or live carelessly.
You should always love yourself and keep it in the most beautiful order and cleanliness.
At this time, Jesus becomes my King and makes this world into heaven through me.