Love!
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
36“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”
37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. 36“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”
Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.” 36“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”
Reckless Love Part 35: According to Dr. Luke
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Deuteronomy 6: 4“Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One Deuteronomy 6: 4“Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.
Deuteronomy 6: 4“Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One Deuteronomy 6: 4“Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.
Deuteronomy 6: 4“Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One Deuteronomy 6: 4“Listen, Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Leviticus 19: 18Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.
Leviticus 19: 18Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
Luke 10: 25Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: “ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
phileo About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. (1st Thessalonians 4:9)
phileo About brotherly love (phileo) : You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. (1st Thessalonians 4:9)
phileo Let brotherly love continue. (Hebrews 13:1)
phileo Let brotherly love (phileo) continue. (Hebrews 13:1)
phileo By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart… (1st Peter 1:22)
phileo By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love (phileo) of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart… (1st Peter 1:22)
phileo agape By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love (phileo) of the brothers, love (agape) one another earnestly from a pure heart… (1st Peter 1:22)
agape love = an unconquerable benevolence based not on emotion, but on the will; agape love = a commitment to the best benefit of another in obedience to God
agape love is focused on others sacrifices of self gives what is needed is active holds nothing back is undeserved is the way God loves us
agape For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person, though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! (Romans 5:6-8)
agape For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person, though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! (Romans 5:6-8)
agape For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person, though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! (Romans 5:6-8)
agape For while we were still helpless, at the appointed moment, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person, though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But God proves His own love (agape) for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us! (Romans 5:6-8)
phileo agape By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love (phileo) of the brothers, love (agape) one another earnestly from a pure heart… (1st Peter 1:22)
By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love (agape) one another earnestly from a pure heart… (1st Peter 1:22)
phileo About brotherly love (phileo) : You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love (agape) one another. (1st Thessalonians 4:9) agape
agape A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this will all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:34-35)
agape A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this will all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. (John 13:34-35)
agape A new commandment I give to you, that you love (agape) one another, even as I have loved (agape) you, that you also love (agape) one another. By this will all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love (agape) for one another. (John 13:34-35)
agape We know love (agape) by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for (one another). (1 John 3:16)
agape Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. (1st Corinthians 13:4-8)
agape Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. (1st Corinthians 13:4-8)
agape Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. (1st Corinthians 13:4-8)
agape Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. (1st Corinthians 13:4-8)
agape Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. (1st Corinthians 13:4-8)
agape Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her… (Ephesians 5:25)
agape We love because He first loved us. (1st John 4:19)
agape God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (Romans 5:5)
agape …it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose. (Philippians 2:13)
agape The fountains from which love flows are in God, not in us…The evidence of our love for Him is the absolute spontaneity of our love (for others), which flows from His nature within us… The life of God exhibits itself in this spontaneous way because the fountains of His love are in the Holy Spirit. (Oswald Chambers)
agape Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her… (Ephesians 5:25)
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
33But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. 34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’
36“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”
37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. 36“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”
Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.” 36“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”
Before next Sunday… …read Luke 10:38-42.