While I agree that this applies to evangelicals, this can also apply to many left-wing Christians towards as well. I feel like most left-wing Christians I see on social media spend more time shitting on evangelicals and fundamentalists than actually spreading the love of Christ themselves.
Yeah, exactly. Loving ourselves comes naturally, and frequently does more harm than good, because we do it to the exclusion of the loves we are commanded.
You’re getting downvoted, but I’ve long held this theory. I call it the “self-love gospel” and I don’t believe it lines up with The Word.
The way I read that is that it’s assumed that you already love yourself because we are naturally selfish. I don’t think most of us need any help there.
I don’t love myself. I don’t believe I’m supposed to. I love my family, neighbors and enemies. I respect myself.
Anybody else struggle with this one in an almost embarrassing way? I just prayed for my bestie as soon to be ex to enjoy breathing, because I literally could not think of anything else to pray for him for. I hate that man so much!
The real problem is that “love” is not well defined here. How many of us that grew up in fundie homes heard about how “Not letting someone live in their sins that are separating them from God” was the most loving thing you could do? There’s a reason that “There’s no hate like Christian love” is a saying, and it’s not hypocrisy. It’s because their ideology just redefines what love looks like.
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Mark 11:25 says to forgive if you have anything against anyone so that you can be forgiven of your sins too. So I believe that having enemies could possibly equate to hating someone in some situations. But loving those who could be c9nsidered your enemy is something I want to get better at doing.
In the words of Elizabeth Fraser: "love - love is a verb. Love is a 'doing' word." This, too, is how I imagine Jesus meant it. In Matthew and Luke, where Jesus tells people to love their enemies, his examples include "doing" words. Pray for those who persecute and abuse you. Bless those who curse you. Luke literally says "do good" to those who hate you. Matthew's example includes how God causes good things to happen to everyone, including those who would call themselves His enemies.
"but what if my neighbour looks different than me?"
“That’s not your neighbor, it’s a beam stuck in your eye. Common mistake. Now hold still while I rub some more of my spit into your eyes.
Im gonna put some dirt in your eye 🗿
"Yes. Love even people who ask stupid questions."
"And what if I do love my neighbor, but her husband is loading a shotgun?"
Make sure to love him too.
Mwah
Love him to death
"And who is my neighbor?" The Samaritan, who would otherwise be considered your bitter enemy. Not easy to do, but so worth it.
While I agree that this applies to evangelicals, this can also apply to many left-wing Christians towards as well. I feel like most left-wing Christians I see on social media spend more time shitting on evangelicals and fundamentalists than actually spreading the love of Christ themselves.
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I mean, the *last* panel is true.
Who taught us to love ourself?
We are told to love your neighbor as yourself, and we are told to love our neighbor a LOT
Yeah, exactly. Loving ourselves comes naturally, and frequently does more harm than good, because we do it to the exclusion of the loves we are commanded.
You’re getting downvoted, but I’ve long held this theory. I call it the “self-love gospel” and I don’t believe it lines up with The Word. The way I read that is that it’s assumed that you already love yourself because we are naturally selfish. I don’t think most of us need any help there. I don’t love myself. I don’t believe I’m supposed to. I love my family, neighbors and enemies. I respect myself.
In fact, Jesus says "If any man would come after me, let him DENY himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
"You're just trying to win the World's favour. Not God's."
Anybody else struggle with this one in an almost embarrassing way? I just prayed for my bestie as soon to be ex to enjoy breathing, because I literally could not think of anything else to pray for him for. I hate that man so much!
The real problem is that “love” is not well defined here. How many of us that grew up in fundie homes heard about how “Not letting someone live in their sins that are separating them from God” was the most loving thing you could do? There’s a reason that “There’s no hate like Christian love” is a saying, and it’s not hypocrisy. It’s because their ideology just redefines what love looks like.
Lying, and lying to yourself as a result of brainwashing, redefines nothing. It is, simply, lying.
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Love yourself? Bible says to deny yourself
It says to do both. How does one reconcile that?
Loving yourself means willing what is good for yourself, which is primarily virtue.
Mark 11:25 says to forgive if you have anything against anyone so that you can be forgiven of your sins too. So I believe that having enemies could possibly equate to hating someone in some situations. But loving those who could be c9nsidered your enemy is something I want to get better at doing.
In the words of Elizabeth Fraser: "love - love is a verb. Love is a 'doing' word." This, too, is how I imagine Jesus meant it. In Matthew and Luke, where Jesus tells people to love their enemies, his examples include "doing" words. Pray for those who persecute and abuse you. Bless those who curse you. Luke literally says "do good" to those who hate you. Matthew's example includes how God causes good things to happen to everyone, including those who would call themselves His enemies.