Little Red Book Ministry

I. Love One Another
“Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 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. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets” (Matthew 22:35–40).

According to the Lord Jesus Christ, the second greatest commandment is that we love our neighbor as much as we love ourselves. To review just how much we love ourselves, refer to Lesson 15, pages 6–7. Our neighbors include both lost and saved people. However, the scriptures go one step further when it comes to other Christians. We are supposed to have an even greater love for our brothers and sisters in the Lord.

John 13:34–35; John 15:12, 17; Romans 13:8;
1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:9;
1 John 3:11, 23; 4:7, 11–12

A. Love the brethren
Our Lord and the apostles repeatedly exhort Christians to love one another in a special way throughout the New Testament. This is stressed over and over because sometimes it is very hard to love certain people. We nevertheless have our marching orders as the following verses will bear out.

1 Peter 1:22; 3:8; 1 John 3:14–18

B. In honor preferring one another
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another” (Romans 12:10).

Galatians 5:13–14