Treat everyone with courtesy and respect, speak evil of no one to avoid quarreling.
Do not gossip, or fight with anyone, because this is not what Christ has called us to do. Because all of us do this naturally. It is self preservation, and we try to build ourselves up and to do this we have to tear someone else down. But you see in Christ, He has emptied Himself and taken on our form and become obedient unto death, even death on a cross, so that we may have life abundantly!
Christ came and saved us, not because of anything that we have done, but inspite of everything we had done, was doing and will do. Jesus gave us grace, inspite of our inclination to be self preserving, and not look out for the last, lost, little, or least. The Holy Spirit was poured into our lives because Christ was willing to come here and die for you. You did not deserve the rich and wonderful gift that God has given you in claiming you as His child through the rebirth in water and the Holy Spirit, yet Christ still did it for you. So that we might know the saving grace of God the Father and thus treat people as He treated us. Loving them, not because they deserve our love. But loving them because they were created just like us by God, and are therefore loved by God and deserve our respect and love.
Fight your inner urge to judge others, but love and allow God to judge. We will all stand before the throne and answer for our own sins and failings. We will answer for what we have done and not done. Love your neighbors and speak evil of no one, and thus show forth the grace that God has given to you to others.
Gracious lord, help me to not speak evil of others and to love them as you loved me. Give me your grace and pour the Holy Spirit in my life so it may be a beacon of hope shining your light so people are drawn to you. Amen.
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