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[–] 20333294? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Christ makes us able to do this through agape love, which is a supernatural degree of love that cannot be accomplished merely by the flesh and in man's strength. It did not really exist until His earthly ministry and He modeled it for us. Impossible to do this simply on our own part as it goes entirely against the grain of our natural state to love to this degree. And who is our neighbor: all the folks around us, even the ones that would make us go batcrap crazy. Following the first and greatest commandment given, we are given the power and grace to fulfill the second.

Matthew 37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’"