Let your brotherly love be seen in your kind affection to each other. Give preference to each other based on a desire to honour end elevate the other.
Can you imagine what the church would be like if we took that to heart? Can you imagine what social media would look like? Show affection. Show kindness. Show love. Show honour. Show preference.
It’s pretty simple – put the other guy first.
Our problem is that the world has taught us that it is okay to be mean and vicious and vengeful and to be the tough guy. If someone disagrees with us the best thing to do is to do show them that they can’t get away with it.
God’s way is the way of humility. It says that we love and let our love be seen not with a begrudging ‘I guess I have to love you’ attitude, but in showing genuine affection for those around. It says that we seek to honour others and elevate them instead of us.
What if we took this to heart and didn’t feel like we had to be the tough guy. What about if we responded the way Jesus did?
How different would our world be?
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