One thing that strikes me about AGAPE LOVE, you know, the kind of self-sacrificial love that we see in Jesus dying for the sins of the world and the kind of love Jesus used in the first two commands when He reinstated Peter.
I guess he meant, love God and His people with all that you have.
Be prepared to suffer criticism, hatred and ridicule for Him.
Why? Because God loves you with AGAPE love!
But just the same, Jesus uses another kind of love i.e. PHILEO, the kind of love we need to have for people we don’t like or even know, in his third command to Peter.
In other words, love those who are different to you, who perhaps want to harm you and who you don’t like for various reaosns.
Why? Because hatred, unforgiveness and revenge are harmful emotions and when acted upon, don’t change world but rather push it further along its path to destruction.
So I guess we have a simple choice: be part of the solution or part of the problem!
What do you choose today?
2 comments:
How easily I forget that love belongs in the workplace too! I've been challenged to treat my clients nicely despite their obstacles, because I am loved and forgiven. Reciting the Lord's prayer on the way to work has also reminded me to commit to forgiving!
Thanks Alison.
I find it strange that every day we'll put on 'work clothes', come home and put on 'home clothes' etc but when it comes to our faith, we only 'dress' on Sundays.
So, my question is: how can we expect to act like Christians each day if we don't 'dress'each morning.
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