The Bullet of Response: Love Back
All of us deserve most of the criticism that comes our way. None of us can fully keep from being misunderstood. We all want to be loved, and we are hurt (or at least bothered) when folks hate us. What can we do about it?
We can fight back or love back. We can do “our thing” or “His thing.” We can do what most do or what He did. It’s either the “human response” or the “God response.”
A person who says, “I am a Christian,” should give evidence that his “human responses” are decreasing and his “God responses” are increasing. Otherwise his faith is suspect.
The Lord Christ told us that “a slave is no grater than his master. If ‘they’ persecuted Me, ‘they’ will also persecute you” (John 15:20). The word “they” doesn’t refer just to unbelievers, “pagans,” Pharisees, immoral persons, etc. – it refers to anyone who doesn’t love, even a Christian!
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