I'm going to be in Wiersbe's Be Mature all summer. The title and the following are from him but worth remembering. I want to be a person living in the now but future-oriented. Lord help me see the potential in myself and others, Amen!
When Saul of Tarsus was converted, the church in Jerusalem was afraid to receive him. It took Barnabas, who believed in Saul's conversion, to break down the walls (Acts 9:26-28).
We are also prone to judge by outward appearance rather than by the inner attitude of the heart. To not sit by certain people because they are "not our kind of people." Jesus was the friend of sinners, though He disapproved of their sins. It was not compromise, but compassion, that caused Him to welcome them. Jesus was despised and rejected, "the poor man" who was rejected by the self-righteous nation.
"Stop judging by mere appearance, and make a right judgment (John 7:24 NIV)"
Things are not always as they appear at first. (John 7)
When Saul of Tarsus was converted, the church in Jerusalem was afraid to receive him. It took Barnabas, who believed in Saul's conversion, to break down the walls (Acts 9:26-28).
We are also prone to judge by outward appearance rather than by the inner attitude of the heart. To not sit by certain people because they are "not our kind of people." Jesus was the friend of sinners, though He disapproved of their sins. It was not compromise, but compassion, that caused Him to welcome them. Jesus was despised and rejected, "the poor man" who was rejected by the self-righteous nation.
"Stop judging by mere appearance, and make a right judgment (John 7:24 NIV)"
Things are not always as they appear at first. (John 7)
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