Couples for Christ

CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM

Talk No. 6:

LOVING YOUR
NEIGHBOR

The Second Greatest Commandmen

Mk. 12:31

Loving neighbor, together with loving God, form the core

of the Christian life. Jesus summed up the whole law in
these two greatest commandments. The two go together.
1 Jn 4:20-21.

Thus it is clear:

No LOVE for OTHERS no CHRISTIANITY

What
Christia
n Love
is not?

Love is not only having positive feelings.

But feelings change and

thus cannot be the sole
basis for love.

Feelings follow true love,

but love is not equal to
feelings.

Love is often equated with

feelings of sexual
attraction, personal
affection and warmth

Love is not always saying yes.

To serve others or to put them

first does not mean never turning
down
opportunities to serve.

We have the wrong

concept of a loving
person as a nice guy
who tries to
Sometimes you are unable
Sometimes you
should not, everybody
please
even if able

Love is not defensive

Thus guarded love tries to protect itself from
injury. Avoidance of pain,
difficulty and trial then become a condition
attached to love.

Love is risky
business
Love seems to

set one up to
getishurt
Christian love
not guaranteed
toWhat
be painless.
But
the
pain
is
if one betrays you?
What if through
your loved
one dies?
endured
commitment,

Love is not self-seeking

The focus in loving is
not ourselves but
others.
By its nature,
Christian love is ready
for self-denial.
We recognize that putting others first can be
bothersome or inconvenient for us.

Love is not manipulative.

But this
is a conditional form of love.
You manipulate
when you give
love as a reward
or withdraw love
as a punishment

Because love is so
powerful, people
are tempted to
use it in this way.

So what is
Christian
love? What
does God
mean by love?

CHRISTIAN LOVE
Ang gugmang buot ipasabot ni Kristo:
Jn 15:9-10 Nahigugma ako kaninyo
ingon nga ang amahan nahigugma
kanako.
Pabilin
kamo
sa
akong
gugma.Kon tumanon ninyo ang akong
mga sugo magpabilin kamo sa akomg
gugma sama nga ako nagtuman sa mga
sugo sa akong Amahan ug nagpabilin sa
iyang gugma.

LOVE is keeping with

Gods commandment

Ang gugma dili

Kristohanon
kung dili
makatarunganon

Ang paghigugma
ug ang
pagpakasala dili
gayud magkauyon

Ang gugmang
hilayo sa Dios,
mahimong
maubanan sa
kasal-anan
(pre-marital sex)

CHRISTIAN LOVE
Ang gugmang buot ipasabot ni Kristo:
Jn 15:12 Kini mao ang akong
sugo:paghigugmaay kamo sama nga
ako nahigugma kaninyo.

Loving one another is very

specific

We are not free to change or dilute

Jesus direction

How does Jesus Love?

Jn 15:13

Self Sacrificial Love

It is not just giving
our time, imparting
our wisdom,praying
for others, etc
but it is being
WILLING TO DIE
FOR OTHERS

Are you?

Apan dili kitang

tanan gitawag aron
paghalad sa kinabuhi
alang sa uban.
Unsa man
diay nato
pagpuyo ang
gugma diha
sa adlaw-

The Answer:

Thus, dyingLater
on theHe
commanded
Christian
love
them
is
When
hethe
finished,
cross
was
not
only
What
Jesus
did
was
most
Jesus
unusual,
because
itJesus
was
the
toWashes
love
therefore
each
other
Jesus
told
themHis
to
example
gave.
task of the youngest
He demonstrated
committed
according
to
service.
his
Feet
do
likewise.
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Thus Peter
objected
Christian
love1-5
as
Gal
example.
5:13b-14
13:14-15
JnJn13:
service love
Jn13:34

And who is our

neighbor?

Can we choose
whom to love?

The answer is in the parable of the

good Samaritan. Lk 10:29b-37.

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for this
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to help the Jew who was
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robbed and beaten
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e
Th

What are the concrete

How do we
love in
everyday life?

Mga Hiyas sa Kristohanong Gugma

1 Cor 13:4-7
Not jealous
Patient (mapailubon)
masinahon) Not brooding over (dili
injury
- slow toEndures
anger; able
(dili malipay diha not
sa coveting what
(magapadayon/maantus
kadaut)
- not holding
to give allowance
for
Kind
(maluluy-on)
- others have, or
Not
rejoicing
over
on)
can
bear
things,
grudges
or
resentments
the shortcomings
not passive
anof(attitude
of begrudging another
wrongdoing
dili
not with
Forebears
others
for having
criticism,
but
posture
resignation
but
malipay
diha
sawith
Not
quick-tempered
(malahutayon)
- canyou do not
something
triumphant
and
speech
that
dautan) - always
Rejoices
(dili masuk-anon)
- with the truth
bear
insult,
injury,
Not
pompous
or
inflated
have
Hopes
fortitude..
up and
seekingbuilds
the good
of
(malipay
sa(malaumon) able
to
master
your
Not self-seeking
(dili tigpasikat o
disappointment,
having a -positive
encourages.
kamatuoran)
telling
others,
even
( dili hakog)
- not
emotions
and
feelings
garboso)
humble,
not
without taking
Trusts (matinuohon)
towards
life
the attitude
truth to one
another
Not rude
focusedenemies
on having
your
thinking
of your own
believing
the
best about
counter
and problems; can
rights met, but
onpeople.
(dilimore
madumtanon)
importance;
more
other
action; has selfremain joyful and
your duties accord honor and
impressed with your
control
respect to one own unworthiness than peaceful under any
circumstance
merit
another

Conclusion
Ang Kristohanong gugma usa ka sugo
nga gikinahanglan gayud nga
tumanon isip mga Kristianos

Nakita nato unsay dili gugma

Nakita nato unsay gugma.
Nakita usab nato ang lain-lain nga hiyas sa gugma.

Conclusion
Kristohanong
gugma
Given the nature
of love and
also our own human
limitations, mere Lisod
humanoeffort
Dili? will fail. It is
impossible without Gods help

But Jesus who commanded us to love also gives

us the power to love. To enable us to love, God
made us temples of the Holy Spirit.

Rom 5:5

1 Corinthians 13
If I speak in the tongues of men
If I love, I endure all things
If I talk like an angel
If I love, I believe all things
If I preach with inspiration
If I love, I hope all things
And if I have all faith to move the hill
If I love, I conquer
everything

If I turn away everything I have

And distribute them to the poor
If I give up my body to be burn
And if I die for a cause

Cho:
But have not loved, but have not loved
I am nothing but a gong, a noisy gong
Not far from clanging cymbals
Or ringing bells that gives out a sound but not a song
For love is patient, it is kind
Its not jealous or it is blind
And love rejoices in the truth
Not in the wrong, love never ends

Thank you and GOD Morning!

Bible Verse

1 Jn 4:20-21
Whoever claims to love God yet
hates a brother or sister is a liar. For
whoever does not love their brother
and
sister,
whom
they
have
seen, cannot love God, whom they
have not seen. 21 And he has given us
this command: Anyone who loves God
must also love their brother and sister.
20

Bible Verse
Ang labing dakong
gugma nga ikahatag sa usa ka
tawo ngadto sa iyang mga
higala mao ang paghatag sa
kaugalingon niyang kinabuhi
alang kanila.
Jn.15:13

Bible Verse
Jn 13:1-5. It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus
knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world
and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in
the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal
was in progress, and the devil had already prompted
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus
knew that the Father had put all things under his
power, and that he had come from God and was returning
to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer
clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After
that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his
disciples feet, drying them with the towel that was
wrapped around him.
.

Bible Verse
Jn 13:14-15 Now that I, your Lord
and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you also should wash one anothers
feet. 15 I have set you an example that
you should do as I have done for you

Bible Verse
.

Jn 13:34 A new command I give you: Love

one another. As I have loved you, so you
must love one another..

Bible Verse
Gal

5:13b-14 Pag-alagaray

hinuon kamo tungod sa gugma.

Kay ang tibuok balaod natingob
sa
usa
lamang
ka
sugo:
Higugmaa ang imong isigkatawo
sama sa imong kaugalingon.

Bible Verse
1

Cor

13:4-7

Ang gugma mapailubon. Dili kini masinahon o

tigpanghambog. Ang gugma dili mapahitas-on o bastos. Ang gugma dili
mamugos sa kaugalingong kagustuhan; ang gugma dili masuk- anon o
madumtanon. Ang gugma dili malipay sa dautan kondili sa kamatuoran. Ang
gugma mopailub, motuo, molaom ug molahutay gayud
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not
proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily
angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but
rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes,
always perseveres

Bible Verse

Rom

5:5

Dili gayud kita

pakyason niining paglaoma kay
gibubo man sa Dios ang iyang
gugma sulod sa atong mga
kasingkasing pinaagi sa Espirito
Santo nga gasa sa Dios kanato.