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Los tiempos que corren no son los mejores. No muchos de nosotros sentimos escalofríos ante la idea de una democracia que se derrumba o de tensiones culturales crecientes. Pero a veces caigo en una ansiedad desesperante. Los tópicos habituales sobre cómo todo está en el plan de Dios y cómo estamos viviendo los últimos tiempos […] Source: https://atoday.org/editorial-poesia-y-oracion/
Daily Lesson for Monday 17th of March 2025
According to Jesus Himself, the two greatest commandments are love for God and love for one another. And carrying out these commands involves sacrifices that tangibly show love to others, which is what following in the footsteps of Jesus is really about.
Now, if the two greatest commandments are love for God and love for others, what are the two greatest sins?
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The Old Testament continually emphasizes the importance of love for God above all (see Deuteronomy 6:5). This is closely related to the great sin of idolatry, which is the opposite of love for God.
It is not just idolatry to which God responds with the anger of love but the mistreatment of His people, whether individually or corporately. God becomes angry at injustice because God is love.
The two great sins emphasized throughout the Old Testament are failings relative to the two great commandments: to love God and to love one another. The two greatest sins are failings of love. In short, then, you cannot keep the commandments if you do not love God and if you do not love others.
Indeed, 1 John 4:20-21 states: “If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also” (NKJV).
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How do you explain why love for God cannot be separated from love for others? How do you understand this unbreakable link? |
(0)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25a-12-the-two-greatest-sins/
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Daily Lesson for Sunday 16th of March 2025
To reflect on what we might do, individually and corporately, to advance God’s love and justice in our world, it is appropriate to begin by focusing on what God has commanded us.
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According to Jesus Himself, the “ ‘first and great commandment’ ” is “ ‘ “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” ’ ” And, Jesus adds, “ ‘the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ’ ” These commandments do not stand alone, however. Jesus further instructs: “ ‘On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets’ ” (Matthew 22:37-40, NKJV). Indeed, they are themselves quoted from the Old Testament.
What was going on here? Why did Jesus answer this man as He did? And what should these encounters say to us all, regardless of our position or station in life?
“Christ made the only terms which could place the ruler where he would perfect a Christian character. His words were words of wisdom, though they appeared severe and exacting. In accepting and obeying them was the ruler’s only hope of salvation. His exalted position and his possessions were exerting a subtle influence for evil upon his character. If cherished, they would supplant God in his affections. To keep back little or much from God was to retain that which would lessen his moral strength and efficiency; for if the things of this world are cherished, however uncertain and unworthy they may be, they will become all-absorbing.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 520.
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Though we might not all be called to sell all that we have, as was this rich young ruler, what might you, personally, be clinging to that, if you don’t give up, could lead to your eternal ruin? |
(1)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25a-12-the-two-greatest-commandments/
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