RE: [TruthTalk] Love your neighbor as yourself

[Slade Henson]

BT SAID -- I do not know how I would get along with [Hitler or Jeffrey Dahmer]. They may not be receptive to getting along. Still I do know this: no matter who moves next door, Jesus' commandment will not change. I am to love them the way I love myself -- or put another way, treat them the way I would like to be treated.   SLADE SAYS: The act of "loving" from Leviticus (which is quoted by Yeshua in his famous "love your neighbor" sermon) has nothing to do with warm fuzzies. Hebrew is a culture and a language of action... not of essence. We are commanded to LOVE which means we are commanded to ACT. I would ACT by speaking civilly to them, by helping them if they are ever doing something that looks like a second pair of hands would make the job a bit easier, or by opening up my home if they ever came a-knocking.