June 18: Christian Fellowship.
Put Yourself in My Place.
That is why I wrote to you as I did, so that when I do come, I won't be grieved by the very ones who ought to give me the greatest joy. Surely you all know that my joy comes from your being joyful.--2 Corinthians 2:3, NLT
IN YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH OTHERS, put yourself in their place. Enter into their feelings, their difficulties, their disappointments, their joys, and their sorrows. Identify yourself with them, and then do to them as, were you to exchange places with them, you would wish them to deal with you. This is the true rule of honesty. It is another expression of the law. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Matthew 22:39. And it is the substance of the teaching of the prophet. It is a principle of heaven, and will be developed in all who are fitted for its holy companionship.
The golden rule is the principle of true courtesy, and its truest illustration is seen in the life and character of Jesus. Oh, what rays of softness and beauty shone forth in the daily life of our Saviour! What sweetness flowed from His very presence! The same spirit will be revealed in His children. Those with whom Christ dwells will be fragrant with perfume from the garden of the Lord. Their faces will reflect light from His, brightening the path for stumbling weary feet.--Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, 134, 135.
"Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?"
Jesus replied, " 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.
A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
The entire law and all the demands of the prophets
are based on these two commandments."
--Matthew 22:36-40, NLT
Put Yourself in My Place.
That is why I wrote to you as I did, so that when I do come, I won't be grieved by the very ones who ought to give me the greatest joy. Surely you all know that my joy comes from your being joyful.--2 Corinthians 2:3, NLT
IN YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH OTHERS, put yourself in their place. Enter into their feelings, their difficulties, their disappointments, their joys, and their sorrows. Identify yourself with them, and then do to them as, were you to exchange places with them, you would wish them to deal with you. This is the true rule of honesty. It is another expression of the law. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Matthew 22:39. And it is the substance of the teaching of the prophet. It is a principle of heaven, and will be developed in all who are fitted for its holy companionship.
The golden rule is the principle of true courtesy, and its truest illustration is seen in the life and character of Jesus. Oh, what rays of softness and beauty shone forth in the daily life of our Saviour! What sweetness flowed from His very presence! The same spirit will be revealed in His children. Those with whom Christ dwells will be fragrant with perfume from the garden of the Lord. Their faces will reflect light from His, brightening the path for stumbling weary feet.--Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, 134, 135.
"Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?"
Jesus replied, " 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart,
all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.
A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
The entire law and all the demands of the prophets
are based on these two commandments."
--Matthew 22:36-40, NLT
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