“If it is possible, as far as it
depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”
One of the most important ways we
show Christ in our lives is how we treat others. Matthew 22:37-39 says that, “Jesus
replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second
is like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Here Jesus says that the second
greatest commandment we have been given –second only to loving the Lord our God—is
to love our neighbors as ourselves. Living at peace with everyone we come in
contact with may be an impossible task –it would require every single person in
the entire world to work together all the time—but that does not mean we cannot
try to, at least as far as it depends on us. It will not be an easy task, but
as Christians we have to be the ones willing to take the first step to mending
broken relationships, swallow our pride, and work to benefit people other than
ourselves.
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