May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. - Romans <15:1-7
When we slander or insult other Christians it doesn't stop there. We are slandering our own Savior. Our insults fall on Jesus! And what we do for one another we also do for Christ. How we treat the Body is equal to how we treat Jesus.
How did Christ accept us? Did he passively accept what was given Him? Or did he seek us out, call us near, embrace us and die for us? We are commanded to do likewise, "Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you."
Such a powerful convicting passage!
When we slander or insult other Christians it doesn’t stop there. We are slandering our own Savior. Our insults fall on Jesus! And what we do for one another we also do for Christ. How we treat the Body is equal to how we treat Jesus.
How did Christ accept us? Did he passively accept what was given Him? Or did he seek us out, call us near, embrace us and die for us? We are commanded to do likewise, “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you.”
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THUNDEROUSLY WEIGHTY TRUTHS BTL, Thanks tons.
Trouble is, we too often sort of manage to get our minds around “accept one another” to a point . . . then our circuits get fried at “just as Christ accepted you” and we go back to the cares of life asmore attractive and less risky.
The Cross was, in a sense—apart from DADDY’S FAITHFULNESS WHICH WE CAN ALSO COUNT ON—THE CROSS—was beyond risky.
But we won’t risk a minor discomfort too often—to extend our hearts, our hands, our smiles and caring tones.
But we could.
In Him, we can.
Thanks tons.