A prerequisite for loving your neighbor as yourself... is loving yourself.
You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 12:31)
A prerequisite for denying yourself... is having a self to deny.
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (Mark 8:34)
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Invitations to the Invisible World
It seems like Christ in the gospels is constantly calling us to value, to pursue, and to delight in the world of the invisible. It's not that the visible, touchable, smellable, tasteable, and audible are unimportant. It's very clear that Jesus cares a great deal about the physical needs of men and women.
Even with that tangible care, though, Christ continually calls us to life that values invisible realities more than material circumstances.
Even with that tangible care, though, Christ continually calls us to life that values invisible realities more than material circumstances.
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