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How Do I Love Neighbors Who Ignore Me?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Jesus commands us to love our neighbors. But how can we love them if they don’t want our help, or if they even actively ignore us?

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0:00.0

How do we love our neighbors when they don't really need us?

0:07.8

Worse, how do we love our neighbors when those neighbors go out of their way to ignore

0:12.1

us?

0:13.1

Today's question.

0:14.1

Hello, Pastor John and Tony.

0:15.8

This podcast has been a huge blessing in my life.

0:18.2

I'm a 25 year old man.

0:19.9

Last year, I moved into a new house and a new neighborhood.

0:22.1

There's a brother in Christ.

0:23.5

I choose to be respectful and greet my neighbors first because I don't want them to view

0:28.2

me as arrogant, selfish, or think I'm better than them.

0:31.7

In scripture, Jesus says to love your neighbors, yourself, living in this neighborhood from

0:36.4

almost a year now, I feel un-welcome.

0:40.1

I waive at my neighbors just to show I care for them, instead of acknowledging me, they

0:44.1

ignore me or a couple of times, they have mocked me back.

0:49.0

I began to ignore them back because I don't want them to steal my joy.

0:53.1

Pastor John, how do I obey Jesus' command to love my neighbors when my neighbors basically

0:58.1

ignore me?

1:00.2

Let me say a big yes and a big no to a quote from this question.

1:10.2

He says, I waive at my neighbors just to show I care, instead of acknowledging me, they

1:19.3

ignore me or a couple of times, they mocked me back and I began to ignore them back.

1:28.0

Because I don't want them to steal my joy.

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