Two things present themselves in this passage: 1.) God is involved in the lives of His people, and 2.) people are by nature sinners: jealous and self-interested. What should we learn from this, what instruction has this same God given us in our day? Unity, not uniformity. Serving one another, not self. Keeping our focus on glorifying the Lord in all we do and say. And yet we see in Scripture, saints falling prey to the same selfish ambition revealed in our passage.
Diversity in gifting for unity in service; this is our calling in Christ. Not diversity in perversity for celebrating debauchery; this is the call of the world.
The world tells us we need to think and speak as the world
or we are hateful bigots. The Lord Jesus says don't think too highly of self
but also to hate evil and love truth. This is why the world hated Him and will
hate us.
We are to outdo one another in love, which covers a
multitude of sins. This does not mean we white wash sin; it means we do not
focus on sins against us but on loving one another in spite of personal offenses.
Forgive 7x70. Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ - He
bore our burdens on the cross!
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