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Radical Love: Putting Others First
This episode highlights the words of Paul from Philippians 2:4, where he asks us to … (visit YouTube for more)
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Is your life on track? Is it set up the way you want? Are you going in the direction you need to? Are your plans working out? Whether or not the answer to all those questions is yes, there is more that we have to do, more that we have to consider. As Paul says in Philippians chapter 2 verse 4. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Now, Paul isn’t suggesting that we should be Christian busybodies. He’s suggesting that we should have a radical love for one another, so that we are interested in what interests our friends, our neighbours, our church family. And so that when they’re in trouble or difficulty, we are there with them. We are there for them. We are helping them.
We’re not just thinking about the things that affect our own lives, our own families. As inheritors in the kingdom of God. We are all family in the church.
And Jesus expected and Paul endorses this radical love that we should have for one another. It should be obvious to people from the inside looking into the church that we love each other.
What does that mean? It means the way we treat each other is very different from the way people in the world treat each other. This is some next level love.
A high standard to attain. And it does require sacrifice. It does require us laying down some of those things we’d rather keep for ourselves.
But we have been given so much by God. Everything we have came from Him and we are going to be given so much more. So having received that great generosity, let’s do as Paul says, looking not only to our own needs and interests, but also looking to the needs and interests of our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Are you willing to do that? You don’t have to tell me, but in your own heart, are you saying yes to God?
