Bible Lesson 23
How should a Christian live?
Loving God and loving other people
When the Bible clearly says that God is Love, it should come as no surprise that the greatest command for those who follow God is to love!
It’s very easy to say that the whole Bible, with all of its commands and instructions, can be summed up by saying that we need to love God and love our neighbor.
If only it were so easy to actually do it!
Fortunately, Jesus loved his Father perfectly, and he perfectly loved everyone he came in contact with. He offers us his record of perfect love, and he takes our record of failure and selfishness.
Now that Jesus has done all this for us, let’s strive to live the way we were meant to!
The Good Samaritan, after Delacroix, by Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
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Amor por Dios o por los demás
Marcos 12
(28) Cuando uno de los escribas se acercó, los oyó discutir, y reconociendo que les había contestado bien, le preguntó: ¿Cuál mandamiento es el más importante de todos?
(29) Jesús respondió: El más importante es: “Escucha, Israel; el Señor nuestro Dios, el Señor uno es; (30) y amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazon, y con toda tu alma, y con toda tu mente, y con toda tu fuerza.” (31) El segundo es éste: “Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo.” No hay otro mandamiento mayor que éstos.
(32) Y el escriba le dijo: Muy bien, Maestro; con verdad has dicho que El es uno, y no hay otro además de El; (33) y que amarle con todo el corazon y con todo el entendimiento y con todas las fuerzas, y amar al prójimo como a uno mismo, es más que todos los holocaustos y los sacrificios.
(34) Viendo Jesús que él había respondido sabiamente, le dijo: No estás lejos del reino de Dios.
Traducción: LBLA
Love for God and for others
Mark 12
When one of the scribes came near, he heard them argue, and recognizing that [Jesus] had answered them well, [the scribe] asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
Jesus responded, “The most important is, ‘Listen, Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you will love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You will love your neighbor as your self.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
And the scribe said to him, “Very good, teacher; with truth you have said that He is one, and there is no other in addition to him; and that to love him with all the heart and all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as one’s self, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Seeing that he had answered wisely, Jesus said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”
1. Listen to the audio as you read along with the Spanish on the left.
2. Open the English translation, and read the two side-by-side, making sure you understand the Spanish.
3. Close the English, and listen to the audio again, reading along in Spanish.
4. Close the Spanish, and listen once more. Maybe shut your eyes, and just try to understand as much as you can.