Jesus commanded His believers love God and their neighbor in
Matthew 22
Matthew 22
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
We rolled into Hastings, Nebraska and stopped at a McDonalds for some coffee and to do some computer work on a cold rainy Sept day. As we sat there we noticed a man sitting drinking a soda. He was not bothering anyone and looked like anyone else except for his small duffle bag.
As we sat there the lady manager came over and said to him in a voice we all could hear " you have been here two hours so you have to leave now".
We watched as he packed up then I followed him out to talk with him. He was indeed homeless and has been for many years but he was headed to Oregon for a job in Feb. I gave him the gospel, some hope to trust in and our tract, then he went on his way.
I went in and asked if we all had to leave in 2 hours and I was told 'oh no you are fine'. So only a man who has a duffle bag gets run off here I thought! That is NOT loving a neighbor.
I went in and asked if we all had to leave in 2 hours and I was told 'oh no you are fine'. So only a man who has a duffle bag gets run off here I thought! That is NOT loving a neighbor.
This made me to think much more about loving a neighbor as Jesus commanded. It also made us think about NOT judging others so quickly or wrongly. This man was not harming anyone, he was a customer but he was judged by his outsides ( a duffle bag ) and sent off when other people are allowed to sit and not be run off. This is not good or just!
How sad and those who judge in such a way will be judged accordingly by God one day lest they repent.
or with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
(Matthew 7:2)
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