Sermons on Obedience

A study of Matthew 7:12 in the series on the Sermon on the Mount. It presents the Golden Rule as a command that applies in every situation and to every person, equivalent to loving one’s neighbor as oneself, as shown in the parable of the good Samaritan. It argues that the rule requires empathy and imagination but must go beyond them to action, in contrast with earlier negative versions of the saying. It describes the verse as a summary of…