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When we begin to view people we see or meet or even hear about as our neighbors, we can begin to establish the kind of relationships that allow us to share the love of Christ by offering a helping hand. How will you treat your neighbors today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWho is my neighbor?<\/strong> Your neighbor is anyone around you who needs help, mercy, forgiveness, compassion, or friendship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n What are my responsibilities to my neighbors? How am I to love my neighbors?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ROMANS 13:9-10 | For the commandments say, \u201cYou must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.\u201d These\u2014and other such commandments\u2014are summed up in this one commandment: \u201cLove your neighbor as yourself.\u201d Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God\u2019s law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Love your neighbors, regardless of your differences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n DEUTERONOMY 22:1, 3 | If you see your neighbor\u2019s ox or sheep or goat wandering away, don\u2019t ignore your responsibility. Take it back to its owner.. . . Do the same if you find your neighbor\u2019s donkey, clothing, or anything else your neighbor loses. Don\u2019t ignore your responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PROVERBS 3:28 | If you can help your neighbor now, don\u2019t say, \u201cCome back tomorrow, and then I\u2019ll help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Help your neighbors in times of need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n EPHESIANS 4:25 | So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be honest with your neighbors, even when it is painful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n LEVITICUS 19:18 | \u201cDo not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.\u201d Never try to get back at your neighbors for something wrong they have done to you. Let the Lord deal with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LEVITICUS 19:16 | \u201cDo not spread slanderous gossip among your people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 TIMOTHY 5:13 | And if they are on the list, they will learn to be lazy and will spend their time gossiping from house to house, meddling in other people\u2019s business and talking about things they shouldn\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t gossip about your neighbors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n DEUTERONOMY 5:21 | \u201cYou must not covet your neighbor\u2019s wife. You must not covet your neighbor\u2019s house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t covet what your neighbors have.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n PROVERBS 27:14 | A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Respect your neighbors\u2019 time and privacy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n PROVERBS 3:29 | Don\u2019t plot harm against your neighbor, for those who live nearby trust you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LUKE 10:29-37 | The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, \u201cAnd who is my neighbor?\u201d Jesus replied with a story: \u201cA Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road. . . . A priest came along . . . and passed him by. A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side. Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him. . . . he took care of him . . . Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits?\u201d Jesus asked. The man replied, \u201cThe one who showed him mercy.\u201d Then Jesus said, \u201cYes, now go and do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JAMES 2:8 | Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: \u201cLove your neighbor as yourself.\u201d
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