Jesus Your Neighbor is Doing

Love thy neighbor as thyself.

Such is the royal law, as given my Moses"

"And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." (Mark 12: 31)

But the law is weak and beggarly elements compared to the Grace of Christ:

"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." (John 1: 17)

But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. You can give something from far away, and not have your heart in it, even.

But Jesus came to us, even when we did not care or even know Him (Romans 5: 8)

The Law tells us what we must do.

Grace focuses on what Jesus is doing.

Remember that He comes to live in us, and to live through us.

This life is not our life, but Himself:

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." (John 10: 10)

and

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14: 6)

I just noticed the present tense "saith" or "says" - Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. His present statement will never change. Today, He is your Life, and He was for you and me yesterday, and will be our life forever (Hebrews 13: 8). Does not change!

Now, Jesus is also our neighbor, in that He loves us since of ourselves we can do nothing (John 15: 5)