{"id":7822,"date":"2024-05-16T04:17:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T04:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=7822"},"modified":"2024-05-16T04:17:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T04:17:22","slug":"all-things-whatsoever-you-would-that-men-should-do-to-you-do-you-even-so-for-them-matthew-712","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/all-things-whatsoever-you-would-that-men-should-do-to-you-do-you-even-so-for-them-matthew-712\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAll things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so for them\u201d (Matthew 7:12)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAll things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so for them\u201d (Matthew 7:12)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The virtuous and most valuable price a person sacrifice for a love of God and brotherhood, is loving others from the heart as much as oneself and doing whatsoever for others just as oneself. Humans have the tendency of seeking basic need as well as providing their daily bread and fulfilling routines. Yet, we must crave for others vitality indeed for the love of neighbors. Loving from the heart is to desire others welfare, safety, nurture and amity. \u00a0This is thru sharing our sustenance, attire, grief or fiesta.<\/p>\n

We shall mention the story of the good Samaritan in the gospel of Saint Luke. (10:25-37) \u00a0\u201cBehold, a certain\u00a0lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying,\u00a0\u201cTeacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?\u201d He said to him,\u00a0\u201cWhat is written in the law? What is your reading\u00a0of it?\u201d \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>So he answered and said,\u00a0\u201c\u00a0\u2018You shall love the\u00a0Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0\u2018your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u00a0\u201d And He said to him,\u00a0\u201cYou have answered rightly; do this and\u00a0you will live.\u201d But he, wanting to\u00a0justify himself, said to Jesus, \u201cAnd who is my neighbor?\u201d\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Then Jesus answered and said:\u00a0\u201cA certain\u00a0man\u00a0went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among\u00a0thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded\u00a0him,\u00a0and departed, leaving\u00a0him\u00a0half dead.<\/p>\n

Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him,\u00a0he passed by on the other side. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Likewise, a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.\u00a0But a certain\u00a0Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had\u00a0compassion.\u00a0 So he went to\u00a0him\u00a0and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.\u00a0 On the next day,\u00a0when he departed, he took out two\u00a0denarii, gave\u00a0them\u00a0to the innkeeper, and said to him, \u2018Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.\u2019 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?\u201d And he said, \u201cHe who showed mercy on him.\u201d Then Jesus said to him,\u00a0\u201cGo and do likewise.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this story, the Samaritan is the resemblance of Lord Jesus Christ. He Who raises the tumbled, Who clothes the bare, reward the deprived, does not forget the downtrodden and resolve their problems, has proven His mercy and unconditional love. Not only this, but has taught us to so as same. He reached us to love our neighbors as He loved us; as He sympathizes to pity others; just as He raised the belittled, abandoned and downtrodden man, treated and healed him, for us to treat the sick, raised the destitute, deprived and downtrodden as well as reach in their hardships just like the good Samaritan.<\/p>\n

It is beyond words to express the Lord\u2019s love but is revealed in the lives of His children and upon the cross.\u00a0 He has also taught us to love our neighbors as same. Our Lord has said, \u201cAll things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so for them. For this is the law and the prophets.\u201d (Matthew 7:12)<\/p>\n

For we need to eat when hungry, drink when thirsty, be warm in cold season, joy in time of sorrow, determination for our predicaments, be clothed when deprived; we must also be able to consider our bothers hunger as we hunger, thirst as we thirst, clothe when bare, deprived whilst in abundancy and help the poor and destitute. \u00a0The Lords words \u201cfor this is the law and the prophets\u201d are the reminder of one of the ten commandments Arch-Prophet received in Mount of Sinai.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cyou shall love your neighbor as yourself.\u201d \u00a0(Leviticus 19:18)<\/p>\n

May God\u2019s benevolence be with us, Amen!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The virtuous and most valuable price a person sacrifice for a love of God and brotherhood, is loving others from the heart as much as oneself and doing whatsoever for others just as oneself. Humans have the tendency of seeking basic need as well as providing their daily bread and fulfilling routines. Yet, we must crave for others vitality indeed for the love of neighbors. Loving from the heart is to desire others welfare, safety, nurture and amity. \u00a0This is thru sharing our sustenance, attire, grief or fiesta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-living-and-doctrines","category-sermon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7824,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7822\/revisions\/7824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}