I am attending a Presbyterian church. The Word is well studied and preached. Does our church is also a community where one loves another? In a questionnaire, most members were satisfied with the exposition of the Word, but not so much about how love is expressed in our church. I suppose that there are other churches that are the opposite.
In chapter 15 we read about how the Word and Love was very important to Jesus.
The pharisees accused Jesus of not being a rigorous teacher: his disciples didn´t wash their hands before meal. This would make them impure before the Lord. Jesus answer was based on the Word. First, he accused the pharisees of breaking the law themselves by creating rules that lead to dishonoring the parents and then, he said that what makes a person impure the Lord are what goes out from the heart. He used the Word to argument it.
Matthew 15 then shows Jesus compassion to a caananite woman who insisted very for Jesus to cure his daughter. In that society, a caananite woman was greatly despised, but Jesus commended her faith.
I read the Bible everyday. I love the Word. Do I love other people? No so much I am afraid. I want to be more like Jesus that loves the Word and other people.
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