AN OLDEN AND GOLDEN RULE

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Matthew 7:12

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

In a conversation, I heard someone say this:

“Do unto others before they do you.”

Of course, this was met by a chuckle or two from his audience who recognized his words as a counter to the widely known “Golden Rule” but I couldn’t help but think his statement was closer to the truth than we might want to admit. Indeed, it seems like we are becoming less and less submissive and respectful of others and more the aggressors, more focused on ourselves than anyone else. More and more it seems people seem they have to be number one and life is nothing but one big competition and we see it within the behaviors of believers and non-believers alike.

We get a sense that this same attitude was pervasive in Jesus’ time as well. We know because of this verse which comes at the end of Jesus talking about asking and receiving from God, His Father and ours. Look again at these words here:

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”  Matthew 7:12

As mentioned earlier, there is a commonly known saying referred to as “The Golden Rule” and it goes like this:

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

What is not as widely known is that this “Golden Rule” has its origins in the Bible and Jesus Christ, God’s only Son and the Savior of the world.

You see, how we interact with one another will dictate how we function as a community, a family, as one people under God. This is why Jesus wanted to address the matter and He laid the foundation on a person’s preference for being treated.

If you would like others to love you, then love them.

If you would like others to bless you, then bless them.

If you would like others to protect you, then be their protector.

If you would like the respect of others, then give them your respect.

I could go on and on but you get the point. You reap what you sow (another biblical principle, by the way) and that goes for the ways we treat each other.

So how are you doing in this matter? How well are you doing unto others as you would expect them to do unto you?

Better yet, ask yourself this:

Am I living in the way Jesus did, treating others as He would have?

For if you do this, and as Christians we absolutely must, then and only then will you be assured that your actions will be in line with “The Golden Rule”

In all things, let Jesus be your guide.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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