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The Love Commandment in Mark 12:28-34 and Family Relationships in Africa
By Samuel Oluwatosin Okanlawon[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding_top=”” padding_right=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=””][fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=””]
Abstract
The Bible has a lot to say concerning family relationships being the first institution established by God for human interactions. There is a plethora of instructions given in the Bible about how family members are to treat each other (Exo. 20:12; Matt. 15:5-6; Eph. 5:22-33; 6:1-4; 1 Tim. 5:8; 1 Pet. 3:1 among others). In spite of the instructive templates these texts provide for ordering family relationships, there is a character emphasis that links them together – love. The bifocal love-commandment trumps all other biblical instructions because all other commandments, as affirmed by Jesus Christ, are fulfilled in love. Consequently, the paper analyses the love-commandment in Mark 12:28-34 with a view to exhuming life applications necessary to rebuild the collapsing and dysfunctional family relationships in the African context. Jesus’ love-commandment affirms a healthy interrelation principle that can mitigate the exacerbating family problems in Africa hinged on the lack of a love lifestyle.
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