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What Jesus Said About Love |
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In Mark 12:28 a teacher of religious law asked Jesus which of all the commandments was the most important to follow. Jesus mentioned two commandments one from Deuteronomy 6:5, the other from Leviticus 19:18. Both had to do with love. Why is love so important? Jesus said that all of the commandments were for two simple reasons: to help us love God and love others as we should. |
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What else did Jesus say about love? |
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God Loves us |
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We are to love God |
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Because God loves us, he cares for us |
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God wants everyone to know how much he loves them |
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God loves even those who hate him; we are to do the same |
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God seeks out even those most alienated from him |
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God must be your first love |
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You love God when you obey him |
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God loves Jesus, his Son |
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Jesus loves God |
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Those who refuse Jesus don’t have God’s love |
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Jesus loves us just as God loves Jesus |
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Jesus proves his love for us by dying on the cross so that we could live eternally with him |
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The love between God and Jesus is the perfect example of how we are to love others |
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We are to love one another (John 13:34, 35) and demonstrate that love |
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We are not to love the praise of people (John 12:43), selfish recognition (Matthew 23:6), earthly belongings (Luke 6:19-31), or anything more than God |
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Jesus’ love extends to each individual |
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Jesus wants us to love him through the good and through the difficult times |
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Jesus wants our love to be genuine |
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