Live in Harmony
The Apostle Peter wrote,
“Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 1 Peter 3:8-12
Here is excellent advice for all Christians. “...live in harmony with one another, be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing”
If you claim to be a follower of Jesus are you doing this. Time and time again throughout the New Testament the writers tell us to live at peace with all men. To live holy lives. The early church did this.
Piliny the younger, a none-Christian, writing to the emperor Trajan (Roman Emperor 98 to 117 AD.) about believers in Christ wrote,
"They were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to do any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food--but food of an ordinary and innocent kind...”Piliny the younger.
The early church, the early believers in Jesus put into practice the word of Jesus and the apostles. As a result they reached the world for Christ.
Billy Graham the American evangelist said,
“The men who followed Him (Christ), were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.” Billy Graham.
If you claim to be a follower of Jesus is your heart “right side up”?
The writer of Hebrews tells us,
What is your life telling those around you about God?
Please think about it.
The Apostle Peter wrote,
“Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” 1 Peter 3:8-12
Here is excellent advice for all Christians. “...live in harmony with one another, be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing”
If you claim to be a follower of Jesus are you doing this. Time and time again throughout the New Testament the writers tell us to live at peace with all men. To live holy lives. The early church did this.
Piliny the younger, a none-Christian, writing to the emperor Trajan (Roman Emperor 98 to 117 AD.) about believers in Christ wrote,
"They were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to do any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food--but food of an ordinary and innocent kind...”Piliny the younger.
The early church, the early believers in Jesus put into practice the word of Jesus and the apostles. As a result they reached the world for Christ.
Billy Graham the American evangelist said,
“The men who followed Him (Christ), were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.” Billy Graham.
If you claim to be a follower of Jesus is your heart “right side up”?
The writer of Hebrews tells us,
“Make every effort to live in peace with all men
and to be holy;
without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
Hebrews 12:14
As believers in Jesus we are the lense through which those in the world around us will see Jesus, will see God.What is your life telling those around you about God?
Please think about it.
