When people asked Jesus about the greatest of all commandments, he answered without hesitation that the two greatest commandments had to do with love - One was to be directed to the One True God and another to God’s imperfect people. There are all kinds of people that we come across, some we like a lot, others we can tolerate, while others we can’t stand at all. But why are we discussing how difficult it is “to like” some people and not what is really commanded - “to love” them? In many (if not most) languages there is a clear distinction between “liking” and “loving”. It is often said that God did not command us to like people, but to love them instead! The problem is that there is no such distinction in Hebrew!!! In Hebrew, one and the same word is used for – “liking” and “loving” – leAhov. To love means to like and to like means to love. There is no difference!
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:58:14 +0000
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