Jesus taught, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love they 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." (Matthew 5:43-44)
Concerning the two greatest commandments, he taught, "That shalt love the Lord they God with all they heart, and with all thy soul, and with all they mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love they neighbour as thyself." (Matthew 22:37-39)
And lastly he taught, "This is my commandment, That ye love one another; as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:12-13)
To summarize, we are to love our enemies like we love our neighbors. We are to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. We are to love ourselves and our neighbors as Jesus loved his disciples and us.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
"Like" Stats on Apostles' Talks April 2014
7,900+ uchtdorf: grateful in any circumstances
4,400+ holland: the cost and blessings of discipleship
2,900+ oaks: the keys and authority of the priesthood (priesthood)
2,400+ bednar: bear up their burdens with ease
1,700+ anderson: spiritual whirlwinds
1,600+ uchtdorf: are you sleeping through the restoration? (priesthood)
1,600+ monson: be strong and of a good courage (priesthood)
1,600+ monson: love - the essence of the gospel
1,400+ monson: welcome to conference
1,400+ christofferson: the resurrection of jesus christ
996 hales: if ye love me, keep my commandments
952 nelson: let your faith show
899 eyring: the priesthood man (priesthood)
893 packer: the witness
875 cook: roots and branches
847 scott: i have given you an example
790 ballard: following up
531 eyring: a priceless heritage of hope
489 perry: obedience through our faithfulness
90 monson: until we meet again
no surprise again - as uchtdorf and holland took #1 and #2 respectively.
there were no talks that surpassed the 10,000 like mark this time. both october and april 2013 had at least one talk with more than 10K likes.
the other noteworthy item is oaks' talk which came in 3rd. typically priesthood session talks do not crack the top 5, but given this was such a hot, hot topic, it registered pretty high.
4,400+ holland: the cost and blessings of discipleship
2,900+ oaks: the keys and authority of the priesthood (priesthood)
2,400+ bednar: bear up their burdens with ease
1,700+ anderson: spiritual whirlwinds
1,600+ uchtdorf: are you sleeping through the restoration? (priesthood)
1,600+ monson: be strong and of a good courage (priesthood)
1,600+ monson: love - the essence of the gospel
1,400+ monson: welcome to conference
1,400+ christofferson: the resurrection of jesus christ
996 hales: if ye love me, keep my commandments
952 nelson: let your faith show
899 eyring: the priesthood man (priesthood)
893 packer: the witness
875 cook: roots and branches
847 scott: i have given you an example
790 ballard: following up
531 eyring: a priceless heritage of hope
489 perry: obedience through our faithfulness
90 monson: until we meet again
no surprise again - as uchtdorf and holland took #1 and #2 respectively.
there were no talks that surpassed the 10,000 like mark this time. both october and april 2013 had at least one talk with more than 10K likes.
the other noteworthy item is oaks' talk which came in 3rd. typically priesthood session talks do not crack the top 5, but given this was such a hot, hot topic, it registered pretty high.