Loving thy neighbor as thyself is heavens highest moral excellence. Next to loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, it is the next number one commandment that Jesus gave us all. Without it we do not have eternal life within us. (1 John 3:14-15) The apostle John wrote, "We know that WE HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE BECAUSE WE LOVE THE BRETHREN. He that does not love his brother is still in death and is dead unto the One true God. (God Is Love) 15) Whosoever hates his brother, well he in the eyes of the Lord is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing inside him."
The reason that boasting Pharisee in the bible was condemned by Jesus even though he did all kinds of religious things and duties like fasting, praying, not watching bad movies, never committed adultery or fornication, and tithed ten percent of all that he had, was not because those things are not the right thing to do for they are. His condemning problem was his love and attitude towards others was haughty, unloving, and it stunk. He looked down on everyone else. He said I thank God that In not like all the rest of these people in this place of worship. They are liars, adulterers, fornicators, but I'm all clean and pure and without sin.
........He was the kind of man that would probably never be seen as the GOOD SAMARITAN in the story that Jesus taught us, but one of those that snurft at the man down on his luck and injured and said, Better you down there than me and just walked on by (1 John 3:11-18).......deno.....share freely.
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