SHEMA AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOUR An Exegetical Analysis of Shema and Love of Neighbour in Luke 10:25-28. Its Applications Into our Christian Life Today
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2005
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
Like everyone I know, my life, too, has been a long series of interwoven
experiences, both good and bad. For it was mainly through these experiences that I
survived my infancy, completed my childhood, ended my adolescence and moved
toward a dynamic state of growing to maturity. And as I grow up I realise that the
widespread inability to show authentic love remains a big challenge today to our
society. Never has human being life been held so cheap and individualistic as today:.
abortions, euthanasia, genocide, racism, hatred, wars, violence, individualism and so
on indefinitely. These facts have been haunting me since the days of my conscious
acceptance of Christianity. I saw Christians eliminating each other, conflict between
religions in the name of God, wars, discriminations.. .All these events made me
consider Jesus' teaching on the love of God and love of neighbour and to see how
relevant it can be for our society today and especially in my work as a missionary.
Therefore my main aim and purpose in this essay is to highlight the Lukan
understanding of love in 10:25-28 and its applicability to our society today which is
threatened by all kinds of anti-love factors as mentioned above. Hence, in this work,
I intend to address myself to this question: What is the relevancy of Jesus' teaching
on love today? Then we will see to what extent Biblical instruction on love of God
and love of neighbour make sense in our contemporary world
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SHEMA AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOUR An Exegetical Analysis of Shema and Love of Neighbour in Luke 10:25-28. Its Applications Into our Christian Life Today