THE CHRISTIAN IDEALS:

LOVING GOD & NEIGHBOR

CLP Talk No. 4

Bro. Kenneth V. Serezo
Loving God and loving
neighbor form the
inseperable core of the
Christian Life
I. ‘‘LOVING GOD
IS OUR
HIGHEST
IDEAL’’
‘‘THE FIRST IS THIS: ‘HEAR, O
ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS
LORD ALONE, YOU SHALL LOVE
THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL
YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR
SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND
WITH ALL YOUR STRENGHT’’
a. “LOVING GOD
WITH ALL YOUR
HEART”
 HEART
“SEAT OF “SYMBOL
INTELLEGENCE OF THE CORE OF
AND DECISION” WHO THE MAN IS”
 “TO LOVE GOD WITH
ALL OUR HEART MEANS
TO BE TOTALLY
COMMITTED TO HIM”
HOW DO WE PUT GOD FIRST AND
FOREMOST IN OUR LIFE?

IT REQUIRES A DECISION TO OBEY HIM.

WE NEED TO DEVELOP A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
SPENDING TIME WITH GOD, IN PRAYER,
AND IN SCRIPTURE READING
b. “LOVING GOD
WITH ALL OUR
MIND AND SOUL”
“WE LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR MIND AND
SOUL BY KEEPING OUR MIND CLEAN AND
HOLY, FREE FROM EVIL AND IMPURE THOUGHT
(MT. 5:28), FREE FROM UNCHARITABLE
THOUGHTS (MT. 7:1-5), FREE FROM SUSPICION
THAT ESTRANGE RELATIONSHIPS, AND FREE
FROM WORRIES KNOWING THAT GOD WILL
TAKE CARE OF US.”
“WE CAN LOVE GOD
WITH ALL OUR SOUL BY
BEING AT THE DISPOSAL
OF GOD FOR HIS PURPOSE
AND BY THINKING WAYS
TO SERVE GOD”
c. “LOVING GOD
WITH ALL OUR
STRENGTH”
“LOVING GOD WITH ALL
OUR STRENGTH MEANS
GIVING GOD OUR TIME,
TALENTS AND
TREASURE TO GLORIFY
GOD”
II. “LOVING OUR
NEIGHBOUR AS
OURSELVES”
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD, YOUR
GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH
ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL
YOUR MIND. THIS IS THE GREATEST
AND THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.
THE SECOND IS LIKE IT: YOU SHALL
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF. THE WHOLE LAW AND
THE PROPHETS DEPEND ON THESE
TWO COMMANDMENTS”
(Mt. 22:37-40)
 “OUR PERFECT
MODELS FOR
LOVING GOD ARE
JESUS AND MARY”
 LOVE AS JESUS LOVES
“I GIVE YOU A NEW
COMMANDMENT: LOVE ONE
ANOTHER. AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,
SO YOU ALSO SHOULD LOVE ONE
ANOTHER” (JN. 13:34)
AM I BEING NEIGHBOR
TO OTHERS?