JOHN
Good Morning! I’m John Branning the Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. “They will know you by your love.” This saying is often used in the church as we talk of reaching others for Jesus. A question we need to ask ourselves though is, “What does this love look like?” It can be helping those around us, giving to the needy, or just lending an ear to someone as they vent. But, what if showing love meant being a reasonable person?
Philippians 4:5 tells us to that people should see that we are reasonable. The Greek word for “reasonable” can also be translated to the word “gentle” with its definition: seemly, equitable, yielding. Does this sound like us? Too many times Christians can be looked at as a hard-headed group of people who will argue with everyone we don’t agree with. You know, that guy who wants to always argue and is never wrong. We aren’t going to change people by belittling their views and putting them down. We can only win them over with love. Remember that our arguments don’t change people, Jesus changes people.
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