According to Whitney Houston, “the greatest love of all” is
“to love yourself.” According to Jesus, the greatest love of all involves
laying down your life for your friends (John 15:13). The first kind of love entails
self-affirmation. The second kind requires self-sacrifice. They can't both be
the greatest. Which is better? Jesus assumes we will love ourselves when he
commands us to love others as we love ourselves (Mark 12:31). But he also says,
“For whoever would save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it” (Mark 8:35).
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