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What It Means to Show Christian Love (WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOVE OUR…
What It Means to Show Christian Love
WHAT IS BROTHERLY LOVE?
What does it mean for us to show brotherly love?
Brotherly love is the type of affection that involves a strong, warm, personal attachment, such as to a family member or a close friend.
We do not pretend to be brothers and sisters— we are brothers and sisters.
The Greek term used by Paul, phi·la·del·phiʹa, literally means “affection for a brother.”
Our strong feeling of attachment to one another is summed up nicely in these words:
ROMANS 12:10
What is the most important reason for us to show brotherly love?
DO NOT LET WHAT OTHERS DO DISTRACT YOU!
ROMANS 12:17-19
Do not allow the mistakes of others to damage your friendship with Jehovah!
If we really love Jehovah, nothing will stumble us or separate us from his love.
We live in difficult and challenging times.
If we continue to look to Jehovah, we will not damage our friendship with him or become angry because of what others do.
How can we avoid letting the mistakes of others damage our friendship with Jehovah?
Do not lose your self-control when you are frustrated!
Instead of becoming angry, we patiently wait for Jehovah to do something about our problem when he thinks it is necessary.
If we tried to get revenge instead of looking to Jehovah, we would be disrespecting him.
What does that mean?
How can we avoid losing our self-control when we are frustrated?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR?
Love your enemies - 3
“Pursue peace with all people” - 4
Follow the Golden Rule - 2
Do not judge others - 5
Offer help from the Bible - 1
ROMANS 12:20,21
Some of them may even become servants of Jehovah. - 3
When we quickly make peace, it will be very pleasing to Jehovah. - 4
If we show love for our neighbor and follow the Golden Rule, we will be happy. - 2
The lesson is that we should not criticize other people when they make mistakes because we make many mistakes ourselves. - 5
In our preaching work, we give our neighbor “comfort from the Scriptures.”- 1
How can we continue to show brotherly love in a greater way?
There is no doubt that Jehovah’s people are well-known for their brotherly love
Paul went on to encourage all “to go on doing so in fuller measure.”
There is always room for improvement!
What is the most important reason for us to show brotherly love?
We cannot claim to love God and at the same time refuse to love our brothers
We need to develop our brotherly love now, for it will help us during whatever tests and trials we may face in the future.
The simple answer is that Jehovah requires us to show brotherly love to one another.