Who is our neighbour?
James 2:8-9 [8] If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. [9] But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
It’s hard to do the right thing. …“If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’, you are doing the right thing”. …But how? Not a gushy sentimental love, but a love that cares, shows concern, is practical and respectful.
The quotation comes from Leviticus 19v18. where the Lord (the King) gives practical instructions to Moses how to love our neighbour, that are amazingly relevant today!
V3 Care for the elderly.
V5-7 Food hygiene.
V9-10 Harvest gleanings for poor and foreigners. (Food banks).
V13 Fair wages paid on time.
V14 Care for deaf, blind and disabled.
V15 Fair judgment, no favouritism.
V16 Respect. No gossip or grudges!
…How do I like to be treated? Respectfully, fairly and justly. …Do the right thing. We answer to the One who says “I AM THE LORD.”
…Margaret Young