¶620.5 Love of Others
Growth in Christ requires taking responsibility to love others, all of whom are loved by God and made in His image. The quality of a Christian’s relationships with others affects the quality of their own lives. Growth in Christ requires readiness to mend relationships both with God and with others (Ephesians 4:32-5:2). The Ten Commandments, summarized into two commandments by Jesus, teach the nature of our relationships with God, others and ourselves (Luke 10:25-28). Christians will express their love both by deeds of kindness (Matthew 25:31-46) and by personal words of witness (Acts 1:8) that point to Christ as the embodiment of God’s love and the Saviour of the world.
