Developing Christ-like attributes

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These are notes from a church talk. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

– The focus is on Love and Charity.
– This year has not been like any other, global pandemics. Economic crisis. Unrest on social justice, and a divisive election.
– The first great commandment is to love God with all our hearts.
– The second great commandments love one another.
– Rabbi Sax, died this morning. In 2016 at European Union the rabbi talked about the importance of erratic anti-Semitism. book Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times’.
– We need to think of things that bind us together.
– Made a list of common problems today and says there is too much attention to I.
– 1964: literature turned from an evenly balanced of we and I to predominately I.
– Two photos of the Beatles year before they were dressed similarly and looked happy together. a year later. A yr. later a similar phots where they are dressed differently and don’t show they’re happy to see each other. See song I, Me, Mine song. https://www.google.com/search?q=beatle+song+I%2C+Me%2C+Mine+song.+lyrics&oq=beatle+song+I%2C+Me%2C+Mine+song.+lyrics&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30.4774j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
– Rabi says all groups rely upon habits of competition and habits for cooperation. We have to change to learn habits of cooperation. If not, society will unravel.
– BYU sells a shirt. In the front: is the words “We Are One” framed inside a number 1. In the back Love one another. As the team’s slogan. In the summer before the team had a meeting about what message they wanted to share.
– God loved us so much he sent his only begotten son to save us.
– Loving God and others is a way we demonstrate we are disciples and followers of Christ.
– Show our love to one another it shows who we are and what we are striving to be.
– While at BYU Rabbi Sax gave the prayer that said: teach us to learn and love one another.

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