"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does not seek it's own, is not provoked, thinks no wrong..."
This love is what holds the Christian Church above the world; this love demonstrates that the people of G-d are alive and speak. If we are vital, than we will ask G-d for the highest of gifts, which is the love of G-d. When we look at our lives, we must look at them in the mirror of G-d's love and compassion for us when He gave us Jesus as an atonement for sin and an offering of life to humanity. Because of the love that we have for Jesus and each other, we are distinct altogether from the pattern of this world because this love is alien to the nature of mankind. Therefore, we must ask the Lord to grant us the ability to see others as we ought--in the light of His love and grace.
"A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
parable, the term translates the Hebrew word “mashal”—a term denoting a metaphor, or an enigmatic saying or an analogy. In the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, however, “parables” were illustrative narrative examples. Jewish teachers of the 1st cent. A.D. made use of comparisons in narrative form to clarify scripture. As used in the Gospels, the “parable” not only denotes metaphors, analogies, and enigmatic statements, but also short illustrative narratives. In Jesus' parables, the speaker compares an observable, natural, or human phenomenon to the Kingdom (i.e. the rule) of God. Some of these challenge and mystify or even attack the hearer. Other parables are allegories. The major themes of the parables of Jesus include the contrast between the old and new age now dawning in the ministry of Jesus; the necessity of radical decisions; the gradual but sure growth of the Kingdom of God on earth; God's way of relating to people; and God's invitation for people to enter his Kingdom.
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