Sunday 28 June 2026
Portland Metro Church Assembly of God
Sunday service notes: Love your neighbor as yourself
by Pastor Jon H.
Mark 12:30-31- And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Matthew 7:12-Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Leviticus 19:18-Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord

Romans 13:10-Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Romans 15:1-2- We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Galatians 5:14-For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

James 2:8- If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

1. Our love for our neighbor must not have favorites.

Deuteronomy 10:19-Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt

2. Our love for our neighbor must be unselfish.

Matthew 22:39-And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mark 4:24- And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

3. Our love for our neighbor is proof that we are disciples of Jesus.

John 13:35-By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Matthew 5:43-46-Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But 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, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?

4. Our love for our neighbors is to be like Christ’s love for us. John 15:12-This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

5. Our love for our neighbor must be sincere.

Romans 12:9-Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Romans 12:10-Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

6. Our love for our neighbor must be overflowing.

1 Thessalonians 3:12- And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:; Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.

7. Our love for our neighbor must be pure and deep.

1 Peter 1:22-Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
John 15:13-Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.