Love- the greatest law.

The greatest law of them all: Love your neighbour just as I have loved you

The message for today is love.
'Love your neighbour as you love yourself' has been described as the Jewish law of love. However we are being told that, there exist a greater love: the Christian love; the love of your neighbour just as Jesus had loved you. That is the greatest love of all. The love he showed when he shed his blood for all of humanity. That is the love that is being talked about today. It is known as 'Unconditional love' for your neighbour, love that is not partial, love that appeals to person and not name.
Most of we Christians are guilty of this. It is very evident in our day to day activities; it shows in the way we greet probably, the head of a booming organisation as opposed to the way we'd greet say a cleaner, it is obvious in the way we'd rather be of help to someone we know we can gain from, as to someone who really needs our help.  Be reminded that on the cross, Jesus did not just die for the rich, the strong or the pretty. He died for us all! Each and everyone of us. He showed his love for the world on that cross. A love which was not partial, an unconditional love.
And that is what we as Christians, not just Christians but humanity as a whole, are called out to do. Love your neighbour just as Jesus has loved you when he shed his blood on the cross of calvary.
Love of this type is just the foundation for all other things; Justice for one, where there is love there is justice and where there is justice there is unity and of course in unity thrives peace. You wonder why there is war and diversity all over the earth, where the solution to this problem has clearly been written down in the scriptures and the message being passed across almost on a daily basis.
So friends, the moment we learn to stop attaching love to positions held and practice Unconditional love, we're not only working towards having a a better nation. Even more, we are making clear the path to an eternal life.

Have a blessed Sunday.

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