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Every religion has some version of the Golden Rule: love your neighbor as yourself, yet none of us are able to fully and perfectly obey this maxim. The God of the Bible has the answer to this problem.A sermon on Commandments 6-9Sermon Outline:I. Everyone is guiltyWe have all failed in loving our neighborII. No one can do it1. Right use of the body2. Right use of property3. Right use of the tongueIII. God did it for usQuotes:If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments.-G. K. ChestertonAll the divine commandments end in love, of which the apostle says, ‘Now the goal of the commandment is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.’-St. Augustine, EnchiridionOnly someone who is on fire with the love of his Maker can be said to love his fellow humans in the right way.-The Venerable Bede, 7th c.The whole man is of himself nothing but concupiscence.-John Calvin, 16th c.Scripture text: Exodus 13 “You shall not murder.14 “You shall not commit adultery.15 “You shall not steal.16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”Sermon TranscriptLiturgy Bulletin“Right Love of Neighbor” preached by Rev. Dr. Timothy R. LeCroy, Sunday, March 15, 2026 at Sermon music is from “We Will Feast in the House of Zion” provided by Sandra McCracken and with her permission. www.sandramccracken.com.The post 4. Right Love of Neighbor first appeared on New Life Ithaca Presbyterian Church.

