But first let’s look a little deeper at the idea of “loving yourself.” Did Jesus make loving yourself a third commandment? You will read more about enjoying God’s love later in this study. It is to fully grasp and enjoy God’s love for you. The alternative to loving yourself is not hating yourself. If we aren’t called to love ourselves, does that mean we should hate ourselves? No. God doesn’t want you to go through life saying, “I hate myself.” As you will see, that’s not what Jesus was saying. In fact, some people think Jesus said you must love yourself before you can love others. They support this idea by pointing to Jesus’ command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). They think “as yourself” means you cannot love others unless you first love yourself. Many people think the “cure” to a poor self-image is to learn to love yourself. Introduction: Multitudes of people, Christians included, go through life feeling discouraged, depressed, and unlovable. Understandably, they desperately want to escape a negative self-image. “Loving yourself first” (before you can love others)
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