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WHAT does Jehovah
require of those who worship him?
In a few simple and profound words, Jesus summarized
the answer. The greatest
commandment, he said, is to love Jehovah with our whole heart, soul, mind, and
strength. (Matthew 22:37 ; Mark 12:30) As we have seen in the preceding article, love of
God involves obeying him and keeping his commandments in response to the love
he has shown us. For those who love God, doing his will is not a burden; it
brings them delight.—Psalm 40:8 ; 1 John 5:2 , 5:3
2 The second greatest commandment, Jesus said, is
linked to the first: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39)
It is to this commandment that we now give attention, and for good reason. The
times in which we live are marked by a selfish, distorted form of love. In his
inspired description of “the last days,” the apostle Paul wrote that people
would love, not one another, but themselves, money, and pleasures. Many would
have “no natural affection,” or as one Bible translation puts it, they would
“lack normal affection for their families.” (2 Timothy 3:1 - 3:2-
3:3-
3:4 ) Jesus Christ foretold: “Many . . . will
betray one another and will hate one another. . . . The love of the
greater number will cool off.”—Matthew
24:10 , 24:12
3 Notice, however, that Jesus did not say that the
love of everyone would cool off. There have always been and will always
be those who display the sort of love that Jehovah both requires and deserves.
Those who truly love Jehovah will strive to view others as he does. Who,
though, is our neighbor whom we must love? How should we show love toward our
neighbor? The Scriptures can help us to answer these important questions.
Who Is My Neighbor?
4 When telling the Pharisee that the second greatest
commandment was to love one’s neighbor as oneself, Jesus was referring to a
specific law given to
5 The Jewish leaders of Jesus’ day, however, saw the
matter differently. Some taught that the terms “friend” and “neighbor” applied
only to Jews. Non-Jews were to be hated. Such teachers reasoned that the godly
must despise the godless. “In such an atmosphere,” says one reference work, “it
was impossible for hatred to starve. It had plenty to feed on.”
6 In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus addressed this
issue, shedding light on who should be treated with love. He said: “You heard
that it was said, ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ However, I
say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those persecuting
you; that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens,
since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon
righteous people and unrighteous.
” (Matthew 5:43-45 Open
[In Context|)
Here Jesus made two points. First, Jehovah is
generous and kind to both the good and the bad. Second, we should follow his
example.
7 On another occasion, a Jew well-versed in the Law
asked Jesus: “Who really is my neighbor?” Jesus responded by relating a parable
that described a Samaritan who came across a man, a Jew, who had been assaulted
by robbers and stripped of his possessions. Even though Jews in general
despised Samaritans, the Samaritan dressed the man’s wounds and brought him to
the safety of an inn, where he could recover. The lesson? Our love of neighbor
should extend to people other than those of our own race, nationality, or
religion.—Luke
What It Means to Love Our Neighbor
8 Love of neighbor, like love of God, is not merely a
feeling; it involves action. It is helpful to consider further the context of
the command recorded in Leviticus 19 that exhorts God’s people to love their
neighbor as themselves. There we read that the Israelites were to allow
afflicted ones and alien residents to share in the harvest. There was no room
for stealing, deceiving, or dealing falsely. In judicial matters the Israelites
should show no partiality. Though they were to give reproof when needed, they
were specifically told: “You must not hate your brother in your heart.” These
and many other commands were summed up in the words: “You must love your fellow
as yourself.”—Leviticus 19:9-11, 15, 17, 18. [In Context|-[In Context|
9 While the Israelites were to show love to others,
they were also to keep separate from those who worshipped false gods. Jehovah
warned of the dangers and consequences of bad associations. For example,
concerning the nations that the Israelites were to dispossess, Jehovah
commanded: “You must form no marriage alliance with them. Your daughter you
must not give to his son, and his daughter you must not take for your son. For
he will turn your son from following me, and they will certainly serve other
gods; and Jehovah’s anger will indeed blaze against you.”—Deuteronomy 7:3
- 7:4
10 Similarly, Christians guard against forming
relationships with those who might weaken their faith. (1 Corinthians 15:33
) We are admonished: “Do not become
unevenly yoked with unbelievers,” those who are no part of the Christian
congregation. (2 Corinthians 6:14) Further, Christians are counseled to marry “only in
the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 7:39
) Yet, never should we be disdainful
of those who do not share our belief in Jehovah. Christ died for sinners, and
many who once practiced vile things changed their ways and became reconciled to
God.—Romans
5:8 ; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. [In Context|
11 In showing love to those who do not serve God, we
can do no better than to imitate Jehovah himself. Though he is no lover of
wickedness, he shows loving-kindness to all by extending to them the
opportunity to turn back from their bad ways and receive everlasting life.
(Ezekiel
Love for Our Christian Brothers
12 The apostle Paul wrote: “Let us work what is good
toward all, but especially toward those related to us in the faith.” (Galatians
13 True Christians are “taught by God to love one
another.” (1 Thessalonians 4:9 4:9) We are to love “neither in word nor with the
tongue, but in deed and truth.” (1 John
14 Especially should love be manifested within a
Christian family and particularly between husband and wife. So close is the
marriage bond that Paul said: “Husbands ought to be loving their wives as their
own bodies.” He added: “He who loves his wife loves himself.” (Ephesians 5:28 5:28) We find Paul repeating this admonition five verses
later. A husband who loves his wife will not imitate the Israelites of
Malachi’s day who dealt treacherously with their mates. (Malachi 2:14 2:14) He will cherish her. He will love her as Christ
loved the congregation. Love will likewise move a wife to respect her husband.
—Ephesians 5:25, 5:25
29-33. [In Context
15 Clearly, this kind of love is the identifying mark
of true Christians. Jesus said: “By this all will know that you are my
disciples, if you have love among yourselves.” (John 13:35) Our love for one
another draws people to the God whom we love and represent. For example, from
Love for Individuals
16 It is not difficult to love our neighbors
collectively, as a group. Love for individuals, however, can prove to be a
different matter. For example, some people’s love for neighbor goes no further
than a donation to some charitable organization. Indeed, it is far easier to
say that we love our neighbor than it is to love a
coworker who seems not to care for us, an obnoxious person who lives next door,
or a friend who disappoints us.
17 In this matter of love for individuals, we learn
from Jesus, who perfectly reflected God’s qualities. Though he came to earth to
take away the sin of the world, he showed love for individuals—a sickly woman,
a leper, a child. (Matthew 9:20-22 [In Context|;
Mark 1:40-42; [In Context| 7:26, 7:26
29, 7:29 30; 7:30 John 1:29 1:29) Similarly,
we show love for our neighbor by the way we deal with the individuals with whom
we come in contact day by day.
18 Never should we forget, however, that love of
neighbor is linked to love of God. Though Jesus helped the poor, healed the
sick, and fed the hungry, his motive for doing all these things as well as for
teaching the crowds was to help people become reconciled to Jehovah. (2 Corinthians
How Do We Love Our Neighbor
as Ourselves?
19 Jesus said: “You must love your neighbor as
yourself.” It is normal to care about ourselves and to have a healthy measure
of self-respect. If that were not so, the commandment would have little
meaning. This proper love of self is not to be confused with the egocentric love
of self mentioned by the apostle Paul at 2 Timothy 3:2. 3:2 Rather, it is a reasonable sense of self-worth. One
Bible scholar described it as “a balanced self-love that is neither a
narcissistic ‘I am divine’ nor a masochistic ‘I am dirt.’”
20 To love others as we love ourselves means that we
view others as we want to be viewed and treat others as we would like to be
treated. Jesus said: “All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you,
you also must likewise do to them.”
(Matthew
"In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Panta oun osa ean qelhte (5725) ina poiwsin (5725) umin oi anqrwpoi, outwv kai umeiv poieite (5720) autoiv; outov gar estin (5748) o nomov kai oi profhtai.
(This is the
Golden Rule. Since it is in this place connected with our Lord's teaching on
prayer,
the observance of
this principle BCC -> Commentary on 7:12)
Notice that Jesus did
not say to mull over what others have done to us in the past and then repay in kind. Instead, we are to
think about how we would like to be treated and then act accordingly. Notice,
too, that Jesus did not restrict his words to friends and brothers. He used the
word “men,” perhaps to indicate that we should act in this way toward all
people, everyone we meet.
21 Loving our neighbor will protect us from doing what
is bad. The apostle Paul wrote: “The law code, ‘You must not commit adultery,
You must not murder, You must not steal, You must not covet,’ and whatever
other commandment there is, is summed up in this word, namely, ‘You must love
your neighbor as yourself.’ Love does not work evil to one’s neighbor.”
(Romans 13:9, 10 13:9
13:10) Love will move us to look for ways to work what is
good toward others. By loving fellow humans, we demonstrate that we also love
the one who created man in His image, Jehovah God.—Genesis 1:26. 1:26
How Would You Answer?
• To whom should we show love, and why?
• How can we show love to those who do
not serve Jehovah?
• How does the Bible describe the love we
should have for our brothers?
• What does it mean to love our neighbor
as ourselves?
[Study Questions]
1.
How do we show that we love God?
2, 3. Why should we give attention
to the commandment to love our neighbor, and what questions arise?
4.
According to Leviticus chapter 19, to whom were the Jews to show love?
5.
How did the Jews understand love of neighbor?
6.
What two points did Jesus make when talking about love of neighbor?
7.
What lesson do we learn from the parable of the neighborly Samaritan?
8.
What does Leviticus chapter 19 say about how love was to be shown?
9.
Why did Jehovah command the Israelites to keep separate from other nations?
10. Against what do we need to be on
guard?
11. What is the best way to show love to
those who do not serve Jehovah, and why?
12. What did the apostle John write about
loving our brother?
13. In what ways can we show love for
fellow believers?
14. How can we manifest love within the
family?
15. What did observing brotherly love in
action move some to say and do?
16. What is the difference between loving
a group and loving individuals?
17, 18. How did Jesus show love to
individuals, and with what motive did he do so?
19, 20. What does it mean to love
our neighbor as ourselves?
21. By showing love to others, what do we
demonstrate? WT12-1-06
ACOMPANING ARTICLE
Look for
the Good in All
“Do remember me, O my God, for good.”—NEHEMIAH
13:31. 13:31
and I arranged for the supply
of wood
at appointed
times
and for the first
fruits.
Remember
me, O my God,
for good.
AFTER many cloudy and gray days, sunshine
brings a welcome change. Spirits soar, and people experience a good feeling.
Likewise, following long periods of blazing sunshine and dry weather, a shower
of rain—even a cloudburst—provides refreshment and relief. Our loving Creator,
Jehovah, has built into earth’s atmosphere this wonderful gift of weather.
Jesus drew attention to God’s bounty when he taught: “Continue to love your
enemies and to pray for those persecuting you; that you may prove yourselves
sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon
wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and
unrighteous.” (Matthew 5:43-45 5:43-
5:44-
5:45
) Yes, Jehovah acts with goodness
toward all. His servants should strive to imitate him by looking for the good
in others.
2 On what basis does Jehovah act with goodness? Ever
since Adam’s fall into sin, Jehovah has not failed to look for the good in
humans. (Psalm 130:3, 4) His purpose is to restore obedient mankind to
life in
His undeserved kindness has given us the
prospect of deliverance from sin and imperfection through the promised Seed.
(Genesis
He notices whatever we do to demonstrate
our appreciation for his goodness. “God is not unrighteous so as to forget your
work and the love you showed for his name,” wrote the apostle Paul.—Hebrews
6:10.- 6:10
3 How, then, can we imitate Jehovah in looking for the
good in others? Let us consider answers to this question in four areas of life:
(1) the Christian ministry, (2) the family, (3) the
congregation, and (4) our relationships with others.
In Preaching and Disciple Making
4 “The field is the world,” Jesus explained in answer
to his disciples’ queries about the meaning of the parable of the wheat and the
weeds. As Christ’s modern-day disciples, we recognize this truth when engaging
in our ministry. (Matthew 13:36-38; 13:36-
13:37
28:19, 20 28:19-28:20) Our field ministry involves the public declaration
of our faith. The very fact that Jehovah’s Witnesses are now well-known for
their ministry from house to house and on the streets testifies to our
diligence in seeking out all who are deserving of the Kingdom message. Indeed,
Jesus instructed: “Into whatever city or village you enter, search out who in
it is deserving.