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great commandment, upon which the last six commandments depend.
Whosoever offendeth in one point is guilty of all. Those who do not
open their hearts to the wants and sufferings of humanity will not open
their hearts to the claims of God as stated in the first four precepts of
the Decalogue. Idols claim the heart and affections, and God is not
honored and does not reign supreme.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:524
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Your Opportunity and Mine—Today God gives men opportunity
to show whether they love their neighbor. He who truly loves God and
his fellow man is he who shows mercy to the destitute, the suffering,
the wounded, those who are ready to die. God calls upon every man
to take up his neglected work, to seek to restore the moral image of
the Creator in humanity. -
Letter 113, 1901
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How We May Love Our Neighbors as Ourselves—We can love
our neighbor as ourselves only as we love God supremely. The love
of God will bear fruit in love to our neighbors. Many think that it is
impossible to love our neighbor as ourselves, but it is the only genuine
fruit of Christianity. Love to others is putting on the Lord Jesus Christ;
it is walking and working with the invisible world in view. We are thus
to keep looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.—
The
Review and Herald, June 26, 1894
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