This "one another" is one that many, if not most, find a bit odd... at least to carry out. It is found in Ephesians 5:19, “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.” I grew up in a singing family and early on loved to sing in churches, hit my middle school years and decided singing was not "cool." As I matured I realized that singing and songs, hymns and psalms are such a blessing. Now whether you choose to simply sing in... Read More
March 31, 2023
Forgive One Another
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Remember that our purpose in going through all these "one anothers" in Scripture is to fulfill the second part of the Second Greatest Command..."Love yourself (who you are in Christ) so you can love others as you love yourself." The "one anothers" teach us very clearly what loving our neighbors, i.e., all others looks like. With that said, the next "one another" is perhaps the most powerful and the most difficult one we will encounter...but that does not in any way excuse us from following... Read More
March 24, 2023
Bear With, Be Kind and Compassionate Toward, One Another
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It just makes sense that how we treat "one another," lovingly or unlovingly, reveals how we are walking with Christ as His disciples and His Church. So it follows that all the "one anothers" of Christian living and relationships come from Christ and in the letters to the churches and believers...and to us today as well. Paul shares most of these "one anothers" and so we continue in His letter to the Ephesian church where he gives us a positive command but one that's often... Read More
March 16, 2023
What Not To Do To “One Another” Even As We Bear Each Other’s Burdens
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Right after Paul tells us to "serve one another in love" in Galatians 5:13, he shares something that he often does in his Spirit inspired words...he exhorts and admonishes us in the negative - what not to do or stop doing. Look at Galatians 5:15 and he gives us a negative "one another" command, “If you keep on biting and devouring each other…you will be destroyed by each other.” But I thought Christians always serve, share with and give to one another in love. Obviously... Read More
February 9, 2023
Wait For and Serve Others Equally
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Today’s first "one another" is somewhat interesting in that it is very simple to understand but evidently not always easy to follow through (maybe that's true of all of the "one anothers" and certainly true apart from Christ). We find it in 1 Corinthians 11:33 where we are told to "wait for each other" when we come together to eat. In the context it strongly appears to point to those who were giving into their hunger pangs and coming just to fulfill those with no... Read More