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Welcome to the footnote¹ blog. Our goal each day is to examine a verse and give a short summary in commentary form or simply an encouraging note to help you remain faithful to God throughout the week. Either way we hope that the footnote¹ blog will comfort you through God's word and give you a better understanding of His will.
Matthew
A New Commandment
Thursday, February 16, 2017John 13.34 ESV “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”¹
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¹It has always been the case that man was to love his neighbor as himself (see Lev. 19.18). Therefore, when Jesus commanded His followers to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matt. 22.39), this was not some new idea. However, there was a new command that had not been practiced before. This new command was to love one another as Christ loved them. Jesus demonstrated true love when He laid down His life for all of mankind (1 John 4.8-11, 19). Therefore, it can be said that He gave love a new meaning (see also John 15.12-13; 1 John 3.16).
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Wednesday, February 15, 2017Matthew 5.8, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God”.¹
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¹Since the gospel of Jesus Christ creates peace in a world where there is none (Eph. 2; Col. 1.13-23; Rom. 5.1; James 4.4), Christians are called to be peacemakers (Rom. 12.18; Phil. 4.6-9; Heb. 12.14). Sharing the peace Christ offers with others is accomplished through spreading the gospel and living faithfully to God. Therefore, brethren, if we do not love peace, how can we expect others to obtain such?
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