How Do You Treat Others
“These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.”
(Zechariah 8:16-17)
Today’s Morsel: The commandments give us directions concerning matters that God wants us to observe with reference to circumstances when they arise. The first four of the Ten Commandments show us what our relationship ought to be with God and the second six show us our relationship to our neighbor, or to each other. If we say that we are born again and love God, then we ought to have love for each other. John said, “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.” (1 John 4:20-21) According to Zechariah, we must not imagine evil in our hearts toward our neighbor. When David prayed and asked God who would abide in His holy temple or who would abide in His holy hills, He is told: “He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.” (Psalms 15:3) When we become saints of God, the treatment of others must not be the way the world treats them. It must be the way that Jesus would treat them.
Sing: He left the splendor of heaven, knowing His destiny was the lonely hill of Golgotha there to lay down His life for me.
If that isn’t love, then the ocean is dry, there’s no stars in the sky, and the sparrow can’t fly! If that isn’t love, then heaven’s a myth, there’s no feeling like this, if that isn’t love.
Thought For Today: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12)
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