Stepping Out With God - Pasir Panjang Church of Christ Singapore

The Most Important
Jesus tells us that the most important commandment of all is to love God and
one another (Mark 12:28-34).
In order to love God whom we have not seen, the apostle John tells us we
start by loving one another. 1 John 4:20 - "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?"
When God reached out to sinful man in an effort to reconcile us back to Him,
He did not judge us according to our fallen state, but in His grace, accorded
us a sense of worth that we do not deserve. 2 Corinthians 5:19 - "To wit, that
God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their
trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."
In the same way, as Christians reach out to each other and those out of
Christ, the most important thing that we can do is to demonstrate the grace
of God by bestowing a sense of worth and dignity. When the other person
senses our value and concern for them, our relationship is securely built on
a firm and solid foundation.
In the course of my Christian faith, it has been such a blessing for me to
enjoy the fellowship of such Christians. They make me feel loved, appreciated
and at ease in their company. Each time I am with them, I want to do better.
Their faith is so uplifting as I know that they will always extend the grace of
God to me.
What the church and the world needs today is for every Christian to extend
this very grace of worth and dignity to all we come in contact with - so that
we can truly be the salt of the earth; the kind of people God wants us to be.
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