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3^rd Nephi 12:43-48

And behold it is written also, that thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy; But behold I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven; for he maketh his sun

to rise on the evil and on the good. Therefore those things which were of old time, which were under the law, in me are all fulfilled. Old things are done away, and all things have become new. Therefore I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

We should love everyone in the world. All humans are children of God. Hate has no place in our lives if we follow Christ. We should only have love in our hearts. I challenge you this year to show Christ’s love not the hate of this world.

James 2:1-6

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

All men are created equal under God. We cannot judge them by their appearance, race, or sex. There is not hatred or mistreatment that is allowed by God. God loves everyone, so we need to try to do the same. Let us do our best to bring the love of God to all of mankind.

Mark 13:13

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Things will become difficult in our lives. There will be many people who believe in the word of God that will be persecuted for that belief. There will be some that will stray away from God. This is bad and we cannot do this. We have to stay firm in our beliefs of Christ and keep following his commandments. It is a long road, but the home.

Galatians 5:13-14

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Love is the most important thing in the world today. Without love we cannot be a follower of Christ. We are supposed to love everyone, just not the people that agree with us. Even our worst enemy is still a child of God. We might not agree with them, and they might not love us, but we must love all of mankind and treat them that way.

Matthew 22:36-40

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.

We have love God and each other.  If we love him, we will follow his will and love others.  Sometimes it is very hard to love other people, but that is what God tells us to do.  There is more hate in this world right now then ever before, but Love is the way of God. Love can bring people together and keep blessing coming. Let us love everyone, no matter what.

Message 92: 5-6

“Where is that great love and the Spirit that mellows the heart, is it still among you? I say unto you, yea, let it do greater work. Qualify to be leaders of men. Do good to all mankind. Love always, hate and bitterness is not your mission.  He that loveth the brethren, loveth God also. The lord will uphold him and make him a blessing.”

God reminds us that love has to be an important part or our work and our walk with him.  We can never love to much, there is always room for improvement.  I hope that we all can find ways for love to push out the hate and bitterness that is in our hearts.  As we love each other, we show our love for God.