"I won't give you respect until you give me a reason"
"You hate me? I don't give a ____ .... Just being real."
"You look like you're on crack, please don't talk to me."
"All you fakers just need to kill yourself."
These are just a FEW of the posts I've seen this past week on Facebook and Twitter, and it really upsets me to see the amount of hate amongst young adults. Where did all of this hatred come from? It seems like kids these days are being taught "the world is tough so you have to lookout for yourself and do what's best for you. If someone is brutal to you be brutal back and get even." Yet the Bible tells us to LOVE others as yourself.
Mark 12:31 - The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
Why is this kind of love such a foreign concept in today's society? Even if you take religion out of the picture, the one thing people search for is love. So why not give them love? If a person looks like they're "on crack" who knows what they've been through so why not share the love of Christ with them? Why turn your back on someone when the one thing that could change their life is just to have someone to talk to for once.
Someone doesn't like you so you let them know you don't care because you are "being real." What does that even mean? By "real" do you mean insecure? Because the Bible tells us to love our enemies, and PRAY for those who persecute you. If someone hates you, the one thing that will get straight to their heart is if you give them genuine love.
Matthew 5:44 - But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:46-47 -If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
Don't give respect until you receive respect you say? The Bible says otherwise. How can you live a life of love if your heart is closed to others?
Romans 12:10 - Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Out of all of the things I have seen recently, the one thing that disturbs me the most is how it is becoming more and more common to see people telling others to inflict harm on themselves. I don't understand it. Someone has a different opinion than you so you tell them to cut themselves? What is this nonsense? What has caused you to reach a level of bitterness where you speak carelessly without remorse? The Bible tells us to do otherwise.
Ephesians 4:29 - Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Instead of trying to bring people down, why not try building them up? You never know what people may be going through so why not speak with love? A simple "I love you" could really impact someone and could even save a life.
Everyone desires love, yet I see so many people who don't give love but expect to receive it. But here's the good news, Jesus loves you. He loves you so much that He died bearing the weight of ALL sin so that YOU, by following Him, have a way to spend ETERNITY in Heaven with Him. He died after living a perfect, sinless life. Think about that for a second... The God of the UNIVERSE became human, lived a flawless life, and willingly gave Himself up as the ultimate sacrifice to be tortured and crucified (the most gruesome, humiliating, and public punishment there was) so that through Him, we have a way to spend eternity in Heaven. And in order to be with Him in Paradise for eternity, we simply have to give our life to Him and follow Him.
We are saved by grace through faith.
Share the love of Christ.
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