Day 8 of Advent
Monday 12/8
Leviticus 19:18
โโ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐. ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐.
I am starting this week off a scripture that I used in yesterdayโs message. We need to remember that loving our neighbor did not start with Jesus. It was the law from the beginning. Jesus tells us that he came to fulfill the law. But it was not about just saying the right words but being able to apply that love of others into action.
This love that we are talking about is not a human love. It is more like that love described in 1 Corinthians 13:4 โ 7:
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐. ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐. ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐-๐ฌ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ. ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก. ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ.
We need to make the change from the noun form of the word love to the verb form. That love is meant to be an action not a thing. And only when we move past saying we love our neighbor to living that love in action will we truly receive the full joy
